--------------------- RELEASE 2.0.2 --------------------- * We fixed a bug which caused R to crash when 'silent=FALSE' and the final model selected by the DSA is the intercept model. * We modified the message level used when 'silent=FALSE'. It used to be 2 and is now 0. Note that the message level is -1 when 'silent' is referenced and set to 'TRUE'. * We provided further details on how to use the argument 'silent' with the DSA routine (see 'help(DSA)'). * We fixed a bug which prevented 'N NON-NA' to be printed after a call to 'summary'. --------------------- RELEASE 2.0.1 --------------------- We fixed a bug which caused R to crash when the user called the DSA with the explicit argument "weights=NULL". --------------------- RELEASE 2.0.0 --------------------- * The signature for the DSA routine is now in line with common R routines like 'glm' and 'gee' which should make calls to the DSA easier for new users. * The learning data set is now provided in one chunck with the data frame 'data', i.e. there are no more 'Ylearn', 'Xlearn' arguments. * Factors (categorical variables) can now be handled by the DSA routine, i.e. dummy variables are created automatically. An important caveat is that factors are only partially supported in terms forced in the final model. We hope to fully support factors in future releases of the DSA package. * The object returned by the DSA is now a class: the method 'print', 'summary', 'predict', 'plot' can be applied to it. * The average cross-validated risk for the final model selected by the DSA is now returned along with the average cross-validated risk associated with its size and interaction order. * The welcome message following 'library(DSA)' or 'require(DSA)' is now more informative to better track and solve bugs. Please, report any bugs with the information contained in the welcome message. * The messaging level can be changed by the R user with 'setDSAMessageLevel'. This capability should be most useful to developpers only. Regular users may only want to change the messaging level from the default value -1 to 0 to get more information about the computation progress for long jobs launched in BATCH mode. We do not recommend higher messaging levels values for non-developpers. * An email list has been created to keep interested users updated about the development of this package. Please email 'bullard@stat.berkeley.edu' or 'romain@stat.berkeley.edu' if you wish to be added to or removed from the list.