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collapse: Advanced and Fast Statistical Computing and Data Transformation in R

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  • Krantz
  • S.

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statistical computing

vectorization

data manipulation and transformation

summary statistics

class-agnostic programming

R

collapse is a large C/C++-based infrastructure package facilitating complex statistical computing, data transformation, and exploration tasks in R - at outstanding levels of performance and programming efficiency. It also implements a class-agnostic approach to R programming, supporting vector, matrix and data frame-like objects and their popular variants (e.g., factor, ts, xts, tibble, data.table, sf), enabling its seamless integration with large parts of the R ecosystem. This article introduces the package's key components and design principles in a structured way, supported by a rich set of examples. A small benchmark demonstrates its computational performance.

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  • Sebastian Krantz, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow

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