NEWS
cata 2026-07-31
- all functions refactored for performance and increased robustness
- refactor calls to getb() to consistently pass 3d bcdiff array
- barray: new value (value="bc-diff") returns a 3d difference array with values -1,0,1
- bcluster: can now be called with value="bc-diff"
- bcluster.h: refactoring only
- bcluster.n: can now be called with value="bc-diff"
- bcluster.n: more robust validation if M provided; M more random if M unspecified
- bcdiff: new convenience function calls barray with value="bc-diff"
- cochranQ: now returns unrounded results
- getb: breaking change to operate on a 3d bcdiff array (thanks to M. Meyners who suggested this approach would improve performance)
- getb: breaking changes with new method signature removes oneI and oneM parameters
- evaluateClusterQuality: refactoring only
- homogeneity: low-impact breaking change; oneI and oneM parameters removed
- mcnemarQ: now returns unrounded results
- plift: breaking changes with new method signature
- plift: always provides verbose output and returns unrounded results
- plift: new parameter gives option to drop flatlining assessors (default: drop=FALSE)
- toMatrix: fully deprecated; replaced by toTallMatrix()
- toTallMatrix: new function replaces toMatrix()
- toTallMatrix: 'subject' header row in toMatrix() renamed to 'assessor'
- toTallMatrix: low-impact breaking change from toMatrix removes oneI and oneM parameters
- toWideMatrix: includes dimension names
cata 2025-9-11
- remove data() calls from examples since data are lazy loaded
- getb: separate to simplify refactoring for performance later
- getb: update to maintain array dimensions
- update reference from preprint doi:10.48550/arXiv.2502.15945 to published manuscript doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105639
- bcluster.n: inner functions promoted to top-level functions to enable future unit tests
- bcluster.n: cluster memberships identified using ordered cluster numbers
- inspect: legacy cluster memberships checked and updated to use ordered cluster numbers
- inspect: (bug fix) Index values in inspect function output corrected (thanks to M. Meyners for reporting this issue)
- inspect: documentation update to indicate the parameter G used in hierarchical clustering
- inspect: plot for non-hierarchical clustering results ignores G and plots results given
- inspect: plot title updated to describe plot type and groups plotted
- evaluateClusterQuality: (bug fix) array reshaping issue resolved to allow RV calculations