SUMMER - changes

Version 0.3.0 (2019-10-01)

• Version 0.3.0 contains some major updates from the previous versions.
• The following functions have been renamed. Most of the function arguments remain the same:
  • countrySummary is now getDirect
  • cuontrySummary_mult is now getDirectList
  • fitspace is now fitGeneric
  • projINLA is now getSmooth
    
• Major new functions:
  • fitINLA2: implements new smoothing methods based on binomial models at cluster level.
  • getDiag: produce diagnostic plots for the fitted model.
  • hatchPlot: plot variables on a map with hatching indicating the width of the credible interval.
• The following help functions are added:
  • getAdjusted: produce adjusted estimates for a fitted model
  • getAmat: automatic extract spatial adjacency matrix from the polygon file.
  • getCounts: aggregate person-month data into counts and totals by groups.
  • mapPoints: map GPS points to polygon regions.
    
• Default prior changed to BYM2 + PC priors.
• Various name changes for function arguments to reduce ambiguity.
• Various output column name change to improve consistency across functions.
• Three set of new vignettes are provided to guide users through various modeling workflow.