Tool for easy prior construction and visualization. It helps to formulates joint prior distributions for variance parameters in latent Gaussian models. The resulting prior is robust and can be created in an intuitive way. A graphical user interface (GUI) can be used to choose the joint prior, where the user can click through the model and select priors. An extensive guide is available in the GUI. The package allows for direct inference with the specified model and prior. Using a hierarchical variance decomposition, we formulate a joint variance prior that takes the whole model structure into account. In this way, existing knowledge can intuitively be incorporated at the level it applies to. Alternatively, one can use independent variance priors for each model components in the latent Gaussian model. Details can be found in the accompanying scientific paper: Hem, Fuglstad, Riebler (2024, Journal of Statistical Software, <doi:10.18637/jss.v110.i03>).

Functions that allow you to create your own color palette from an image, using mathematical algorithms.

A suite of tools for transforming an existing workflow into a
    self-documenting pipeline with very minimal upfront costs. Segments of
    the pipeline are specified in much the same way a 'Make' rule is, by
    declaring an executable recipe (which might be an R script), along
    with the corresponding targets and dependencies. When the entire
    pipeline is run through, only those recipes that need to be executed
    will be. Meanwhile, execution metadata is captured behind the scenes
    for later inspection.

Helper functions that interface with the system utilities to learn 
    about the local build environment. Lets you explore 'make' rules to test the
    local configuration, or query 'pkg-config' to find compiler flags and libs 
    needed for building packages with external dependencies. Also contains tools
    to analyze which libraries that a installed R package linked to by inspecting
    output from 'ldd' in combination with information from your distribution 
    package manager, e.g. 'rpm' or 'dpkg'.