pboost: Profile Boosting Framework for Parametric Models

A profile boosting framework for feature selection in parametric models. It offers a unified interface pboost() and several wrapped models, including linear model, generalized linear models, quantile regression, Cox proportional hazards model, beta regression, spatial auto-regressive models.

Version: 0.4.8
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: stats, Matrix, MASS, betareg, quantreg, survival, Formula (≥ 1.2.5), glmnet, ncvreg, rqPen
Published: 2026-05-13
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.pboost
Author: Zengchao Xu [aut, cre, cph]
Maintainer: Zengchao Xu <zengc.xu at aliyun.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/paradoxical-rhapsody/pboost/issues
License: GPL (≥ 3)
URL: https://github.com/paradoxical-rhapsody/pboost
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: NEWS
CRAN checks: pboost results

Documentation:

Reference manual: pboost.html , pboost.pdf

Downloads:

Package source: pboost_0.4.8.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: pboost_0.2.1.zip, r-release: pboost_0.2.1.zip, r-oldrel: pboost_0.2.1.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): pboost_0.4.8.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): pboost_0.4.8.tgz, r-release (x86_64): pboost_0.4.8.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): pboost_0.4.8.tgz
Old sources: pboost archive

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