Version: 2.1.2
Text:

Version: 2.1.1
Date: 2019-09-04
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added a new dataset called `d_gaming`.

Version: 2.1.1
Date: 2019-09-04
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: Removed some typos from the manual.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: The pi_inv argument (formerly a numeric N*K matrix with the
        observed top-ordering) has been redefined as an object of class
        `top_ordering` or an object that can be coerced with the new
        function as.top_ordering.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: gibbsPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added the element `objective` in the output list
        representing the objective function values (that is the kernel
        of the log-posterior distribution) sampled in the saved MCMC
        iterations.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: mapPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] recoded default value of the argument `plot_objective` from
        TRUE to FALSE.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: make_complete(...), make_partial(...), paired_comparisons(...),
        rank_ord_switch(...) and rank_summaries(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed argument `format` as `format_input`.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] deleted default value ("ordering") for the former argument
        `format`.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: rPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed argument `format` as `format_output`.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: selectPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed argument `post_summary` as `post_est`.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: `d_apa`, `d_carconf`, `d_dublinwest`, `d_german`, `d_nascar`,
        `d_occup` and `d_rice`

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] appended S3 class `top_ordering` to the supplied
        top-ordering datasets.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed columns of the supplied top-ordering datasets.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: fixed a CRAN error due to the cleanEX(...) procedure in the R CMD
        check.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: mapPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] reversed order between the `P_map` and `W_map` elements in
        the output list.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: rank_ord_switch(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added names to the columns of the output matrix.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: unit_to_freq(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added name `freq` to the last column of the output matrix.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added the new membership function is.top_ordering(...) that
        verifies whether the supplied data satisfy the conditions to be
        a top-ordering dataset (various object classes are accepted for
        the input data).

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added the new coercion function as.top_ordering(...) that
        attempts to coerce the supplied data into an object of S3 class
        `top_ordering` (various object classes and forms are accepted
        for the input data).

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Appended S3 class `mpPLMIX` to the list returned by mapPLMIX(...)
        and mapPLMIX_multistart(...).

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added generic S3 class methods for objects of class `mpPLMIX`
        named as print.mpPLMIX(...), summary.mpPLMIX(...) and
        plot.mpPLMIX(...).

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Appended S3 class `gsPLMIX` to the list returned by
        gibbsPLMIX(...).

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added generic S3 class methods for objects of class `gsPLMIX`
        named as print.gsPLMIX(...), summary.gsPLMIX(...) and
        plot.gsPLMIX(...).

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added the new function gsPLMIX_to_mcmc(...) to coerce an object
        of class `gsPLMIX` into an object of class `mcmc` as defined by
        the function as.mcmc(...) of the `coda` package.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added two further datasets called `d_occup` and `d_rice`.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Added packages `coda`, `ggmcmc`, `ggplot2`, `radarchart`,
        `prefmod`, `rankdist`, `StatRank`, `pmr`, `PlackettLuce`,
        `utils` and `reshape2` in Imports.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: The manual has been globally reviewed and improved accordingly
        with the new changes and the additional implementations
        described in NEW FEATURES.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: label_switchPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2019-08-03
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: [::] added the citation Papastamoulis, P. (2016).

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: fixed former warnings using if() with conditions of length
        greater than one. We have also checked the current version with
        _R_CHECK_LENGTH_1_CONDITION_ set to true.

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: gibbsPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] colnames added to output values labelled as `P` and `W`.

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: mapPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] dimnames change for output value labelled as `P_map`.

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] names added to output value labelled as `W_map`.

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: rank_summaries(...):

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] format and label change for the former output value labelled
        as `missing_pos` now labelled as `na_or_not`.

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2018-05-02
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] output values labelled as `mean_rank` and `marginals` now
        contain dimnames.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: BUG FIXES
Text: mapPLMIX(...)

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: BUG FIXES
Text: random_start(...)

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: BUG FIXES
Text: rank_summaries(...)

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: bicPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] replaced former argument `weights` as `G`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added default values for the arguments `ref_known` and
        `ref_vary`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added the reference Schwarz (1978).

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: gibbsPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added the `centered_start` argument for the random
        generation of the starting values, similarly to the
        mapPLMIX(...) and mapPLMIX_multistart(...) functions.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: label_switchPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added new function to perform label switching adjustment of
        the posterior MCMC samples, formerly implemented by both the
        ppcheckPLMIX(...) and the ppcheckPLMIX_cond(...) functions.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: mapPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] modified the default value of the argument `eps` in
        accordance with that of the related mapPLMIX_multistart(...)
        function.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] modified the default value of the argument `plot_objective`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] dropped object `Rho_map` from the output list.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed object `z` of the output list as `z_hat`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed object `classification` of the output list as
        `class_map`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] `bic` value is computed only for the default flat priors
        case, otherwise NULL is returned.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: mapPLMIX_multistart(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] recoded default value of the argument `init`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: ppcheckPLMIX(...) and ppcheckPLMIX_cond(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] removed former arguments `MAPestP`, `MAPestW`, `ls_adj` and
        `adj_post_sample` needed for the label switching adjustment,
        which is currently implemented by the novel
        label_switchPLMIX(...) function.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] removed `final_sampleP` and `final_sampleW` objects from the
        output.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: rank_summaries(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed the argument and output object `pairedcomparisons`
        as `pc`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed the output object `missing_positions` as
        `missing_pos`,

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: rPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed former `rankingoutput` argument with `format`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: selectPLMIX:

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MAJOR CHANGES
Text: [::] removed argument `log_lik`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: ppcheckPLMIX(...) and ppcheckPLMIX_cond(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] added some messages.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: "G=" replaced with "G_".

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: make_partial(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: MINOR CHANGES
Text: [::] renamed argument `probcensoring` as `probcens`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: The manual has been globally reviewed and improved with
        additional implementation details and some new examples.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: Added new examples for the three data objects `d_apa`,
        `d_carconf` and `d_dublinwest` showing how to extract the
        subset of complete orderings from the whole dataset.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: Updated reference Mollica and Tardella (2016) as Mollica and
        Tardella (2017).

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: d_german dataset: modified the citation Croon (1989).

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: mapPLMIX(...) and mapPLMIX_multistart(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: [::] added the citation Gormley and Murphy (2006).

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: ppcheckPLMIX(...) and ppcheckPLMIX_cond(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: [::] removed example of label switching adjustment.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: selectPLMIX(...):

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: [::] added Details section.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: DOCUMENTATION
Text: [::] renamed output objects `fitting_measures`,
        `effective_number_of_parameters` and `selection_criteria` as
        `fitting`, `penalties` and `select_criteria`.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: CITATION INFO
Text: Added bibTex entries in the file CITATION.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: CITATION INFO
Text: Updated reference Mollica and Tardella (2016) as Mollica and
        Tardella (2017) in the CITATION info.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Removed package `combinat` from Imports.

Version: 2.0
Date: 2018-02-05
Category: NEW FEATURES
Text: Changed order in the namespace list (former: foreach abind rcdd
        FSA).