2019-04-04 23:31 xia

    * Update to version 2.2-1
    * hglm was archived on CRAN due to dependency
      hglm.data being archived, the latter was 
      fixed by updating maintainer email address
      and sp package dependency

2018-08-24 11:16 xia

    * Update to version 2.2-0
    * All rBind/cBind replaced by rbind/cbind due to
      the change in Matrix package (hglm was archived
      on CRAN for a few weeks due to this)
    * Minor Rd files for inverse.sqrt and inverse.gamma
      added due to CRAN requirement
    * http link changed to https

2015-08-21 13:02 xia

    * Bug fixed for inverse.gamma() and inverse.sqrt() links

2015-05-13 21:47 xia

    * Bug fixed for two random effects variance components
    * Bug fixed for EQL1 HL.correction checking

2015-04-20 18:06 lrn

    * Update to version 2.1-0
    * Improved computational stability of likelihoods
    * log-likelihood values reported instead of -2 times log-likelihood
    * Likelihood computations enabled for several random effects 
      coming from different distributions
    * Bug in likelihood computations for non-Gaussian outcomes corrected
    * logLik function added.
    * Warning messages added for NA in y, X, Z and X.disp
    * Accuracy of EQL1 computations improved in the GLM.MME function
    * all(sigma2u/(sum(sigma2u)+sigma2e) < (1-1e-4)) added to check for 
      convergence in the hglm.default function

2015-01-30 10:28 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-12
    * hglm2() number of variance components bug fixed
    * Starting value checking for multiple random
      effects bug fixed
    * Vignette updated
    * Large hat-values checking improved

2014-10-30 16:24 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-11
    * Vignette compressed via qpdf

2014-10-23 11:39 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-10
    * SAR() family for the random effects added
    * method = 'HL11' changed to method = 'EQL1'
    * Convergence issues fixed for internal
      Gamma GLM with inverse link
    * Bug fixed for g1 when starting values are
      provided

2014-09-26 22:53 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-9
    * cAIC bug fixed in the likelihood calculation
    * Maintainer address updated to
      xia (dot) shen (at) ki (dot) se

2014-07-23 10:20 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-8
    * Data stored separately according to CRAN rules

2014-07-22 15:30 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-7
    * Vignette updated
    * HL(1,1) method bug fixed for family checking

2014-05-28 13:30 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-6
    * likelihood calculation bug fixed for model without
      structured dispersion
    * HL(1,1) method bug fixed for Gamma family

2014-01-21 16:10 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-5
    * likelihood calculation numerical bug fixed for pvh

2014-01-20 12:45 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-4
    * CAR family random effects calculation bug fixed
    * lrt() function p-value bug fixed

2014-01-13 12:45 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-3
    * Loading bug fixed for CRAN

2014-01-01 17:39 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-2
    * Maintainer changed to Xia Shen
    * lrt() function added for testing variance
      components via likelihood-ratio test
    * New vignette compiled using knitr!

2013-11-21 19:50 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-1
    * svd() to eigen() decomposition bug fixed
    * likelihood calculation upgraded

2013-10-20 19:50 xia

    * Update to version 2.0-0
    * Spatial MRF model implemented in a smart way!
      CAR() family for random effects added
    * Different families allowed for multiple random
      effects terms!
    * HL(1,1) correction implemented - much better
      bias correction for binomial & Poisson families! 
    * Likelihood calculation upgraded
    * Fixed effects model implemented for the variance
      component of random effects
    * Scottish lip cancer dataset included
    * Link function bug fixed for Gamma-distributed random 
      effects

2013-05-02 15:45 xia

    * Update to version 1.2-8
    * CRAN version is checked while loading the package
    * internal bigRR() updated according to the bigRR package

2013-05-02 15:45 xia

    * Update to version 1.2-7
    * Default maxit = 50 instead of 20
    * From now on, we keep track of our users

2013-03-11 15:35 xia

    * Update to version 1.2-6
    * Fixed verbose and likelihood bugs in hglm.formula
    * Fixed likelihood bugs for structured residual variance
    * Fixed likelihood bugs for hglm2()
    * Fixed bug in user-defined initial values for fitting 
      multiple random effects terms in hglm2()
    * More in examples

2013-02-25 00:25 xia

    * Update to version 1.2-5
    * Option "calc.like" added for computing h-likelihood, 
      profile likelihood and conditional AIC
    * Option "bigRR" added for fitting p >> n problems 
      as random effects
    * Discussion forum and bug reports links are given 
      in the package description

2013-02-16 18:40  xia

    * Update to version 1.2-4
    * Default convergence criterion changed to 1e-6
    * Option "print.ranef" added to print and summary
      functions, controlling whether random effects should 
      be printed or not in the print and summary functions
    * Option "verbose" added so that some results for 
      each iteration can be printed
    * This "ChangeLog" added

2013-02-15 13:40  xia

    * Update to version 1.2-3
    * Start-up message command renewed
    * Xia's email address updated

2011-07-04 13:25  xia

    * Update to version 1.2-2
    * Fitting multiple correlated random effects
    * hglm2() function added for use like lme4-type formula
    * Sparse matrix technique used
    * Citation information added