nlfh: Nonlinear Fay-Herriot Models for Small Area Estimation

Fits nonlinear Bayesian extensions of the Fay-Herriot model for small area estimation using area-level direct estimates and corresponding sampling variances. The package provides model fitting, prediction, uncertainty summaries, and diagnostic tools for nonlinear small area estimation workflows.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 3.5)
Imports: dbarts
Suggests: knitr, posterior, rmarkdown, spelling, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-06-12
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.nlfh (may not be active yet)
Author: Paul Parker [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Paul Parker <paulparker at ucsc.edu>
BugReports: https://github.com/paparker/nlfh/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/paparker/nlfh
NeedsCompilation: no
Citation: nlfh citation info
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: nlfh results

Documentation:

Reference manual: nlfh.html , nlfh.pdf
Vignettes: Model comparison and posterior summaries (source, R code)

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Package source: nlfh_0.1.0.tar.gz
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