smile 1.1.0

• Changed how likelihood calculations work (for increased performance)

• Transitioned from RcppArmadillo to RcppEigen

• Function for empirical validation of the Powered Exponential Covariance function

smile 1.0.5

• Minor bug fixes and documentation enhancement.

• Removed NYC datasets (they are too large).

• Spatial areal interpolation vignette rewritten.

smile 1.0.4.2

• New dataset included
• Parallel version of fit_spm2

smile 1.0.4.1

• Speeding up sf_to_spm.
• Added icon
• Improved documentation
• Added examples

smile 1.0.4

• Generalized Wendland covariance function
• More flexible prediction function

smile 1.0.3.1

• bug fixes for prediction

smile 1.0.3

• fixed Wendland (1) covariance function
• support for sparse covariance matrices through the Matrix package

smile 1.0.2

• added Wendland (1) covariance function
• added “tapered” Matern covariance function

smile 1.0.1

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
• Fixed Spherical covariance function.
• Added Cubic spline covariance function.