vmsae: Variational Multivariate Spatial Small Area Estimation

Variational Autoencoded Multivariate Spatial Fay-Herriot models are designed to efficiently estimate population parameters in small area estimation. This package implements the variational generalized multivariate spatial Fay-Herriot model (VGMSFH) using 'NumPyro' and 'PyTorch' backends, as demonstrated by Wang, Parker, and Holan (2025) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2503.14710>. The 'vmsae' package provides utility functions to load weights of the pretrained variational autoencoders (VAEs) as well as tools to train custom VAEs tailored to users specific applications.

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Package details

AuthorZhenhua Wang [aut, cre], Paul A. Parker [aut, res], Scott H. Holan [aut, res]
MaintainerZhenhua Wang <zhenhua.wang@missouri.edu>
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
Version0.1.1
URL https://github.com/zhenhua-wang/vmsae
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("vmsae")

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vmsae documentation built on June 21, 2025, 9:07 a.m.