Package: emulator
Type: Package
Title: Bayesian Emulation of Computer Programs
Version: 1.2-24
Authors@R: person(given=c("Robin", "K. S."), family="Hankin", role = c("aut","cre"), email="hankin.robin@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5982-0415"))
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Depends: R (>= 3.0.1), mvtnorm
Suggests: knitr,rmarkdown
Maintainer: Robin K. S. Hankin <hankin.robin@gmail.com>
Description: Allows one to estimate the output of a computer program,
        as a function of the input parameters, without actually running
        it. The computer program is assumed to be a Gaussian process,
        whose parameters are estimated using Bayesian techniques that
        give a PDF of expected program output.  This PDF is conditional
        on a training set of runs, each consisting of a point in
        parameter space and the model output at that point.  The
        emphasis is on complex codes that take weeks or months to run,
        and that have a large number of undetermined input parameters;
        many climate prediction models fall into this class.  The
        emulator essentially determines Bayesian posterior estimates of
        the PDF of the output of a model, conditioned on results from
        previous runs and a user-specified prior linear model.  The
        package includes functionality to evaluate quadratic forms
        efficiently.
License: GPL
URL: https://github.com/RobinHankin/emulator
BugReports: https://github.com/RobinHankin/emulator/issues
Repository: https://robinhankin.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2025-04-19 06:59:45 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/robinhankin/emulator
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: f35327ba516e9ebcb8fb9dd0fe0e3a93a05a7957
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-06-18 10:31:48 UTC; root
Author: Robin K. S. Hankin [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-0415>)