Creates classifier for binary outcomes using Adaptive Boosting 
    (AdaBoost) algorithm on decision stumps with a fast C++ implementation. 
    For a description of AdaBoost, see Freund and Schapire (1997) 
    <doi:10.1006/jcss.1997.1504>. This type of classifier is nonlinear, but
    easy to interpret and visualize. Feature vectors may be a combination of
    continuous (numeric) and categorical (string, factor) elements. Methods 
    for classifier assessment, predictions, and cross-validation also included.

An efficient implementation of Scalable Bayesian Rule Lists Algorithm, a competitor algorithm for decision tree algorithms; see Hongyu Yang, Cynthia Rudin, Margo Seltzer (2017) <https://proceedings.mlr.press/v70/yang17h.html>. It builds from pre-mined association rules and have a logical structure identical to a decision list or one-sided decision tree. Fully optimized over rule lists, this algorithm strikes practical balance between accuracy, interpretability, and computational speed.

Calculates a Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-squared difference test between nested models that were estimated using maximum likelihood (ML) with robust standard errors, which cannot be calculated the traditional way. For details see Satorra & Bentler (2001) <doi:10.1007/bf02296192> and Satorra & Bentler (2010) <doi:10.1007/s11336-009-9135-y>. This package may be particularly helpful when used in conjunction with 'Mplus' software, specifically when implementing the complex survey option. In such cases, the model estimator in 'Mplus' defaults to ML with robust standard errors.

Tools for interacting with U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase
    <https://www.sciencebase.gov> interfaces. ScienceBase is a data cataloging and
    collaborative data management platform. Functions included for querying
    ScienceBase, and creating and fetching datasets.

Implements the Stable Balancing Weights by Zubizarreta (2015) <DOI:10.1080/01621459.2015.1023805>. These are the weights of minimum variance that approximately balance the empirical distribution of the observed covariates. For an overview, see Chattopadhyay, Hase and Zubizarreta (2020) <DOI:10.1002/sim.8659>. To solve the optimization problem in 'sbw', the default solver is 'quadprog', which is readily available through CRAN. The solver 'osqp' is also posted on CRAN. To enhance the performance of 'sbw', users are encouraged to install other solvers such as 'gurobi' and 'Rmosek', which require special installation. For the installation of gurobi and pogs, please follow the instructions at <https://www.gurobi.com/documentation/current/refman/r_ins_the_r_package.html> and <http://foges.github.io/pogs/stp/r>.