Package: blavaan
Title: Bayesian Latent Variable Analysis
Version: 0.5-10
Authors@R: c(person(given = "Edgar", family = "Merkle",
                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "merklee@missouri.edu",
                    comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7158-0653")),
             person(given = "Yves", family = "Rosseel",
                    role  = "aut",
                    email = "Yves.Rosseel@UGent.be"),
             person(given = "Ben", family = "Goodrich", role = "aut",
	                  email = "benjamin.goodrich@columbia.edu"),
             person(given = "Mauricio",
                    family = "Garnier-Villarreal",
                    role = "ctb",
                    email = "mgv@pm.me",
		                comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2951-6647",
                                            "R/blav_compare.R", "R/ctr_bayes_fit.R", "vignettes")),
             person(given = c("Terrence", "D."), family = "Jorgensen",
                    role = "ctb",
                    email = "TJorgensen314@gmail.com",
		                comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5111-6773",
		                            "R/ctr_bayes_fit.R", "R/ctr_ppmc.R", "R/blav_predict.R")),
             person(given = "Huub", family="Hoofs", role = "ctb",
	                  comment = "R/ctr_bayes_fit.R"),
             person(given = "Rens", family="van de Schoot",
                    role = "ctb", comment = "R/ctr_bayes_fit.R"),
             person(given = "Andrew", family="Johnson", role="ctb",
                    comment = "Makevars"),
             person(given = "Matthew", family="Emery", role="ctb",
                    comment = "loo moment_match"),
             person(given = c("Michael", "S."), family = "Truong",
                    role = "ctb", comment = "options(blavaan.target)")
            )
Description: Fit a variety of Bayesian latent variable models, including confirmatory
   factor analysis, structural equation models, and latent growth curve models. References: Merkle & Rosseel (2018) <doi:10.18637/jss.v085.i04>; Merkle et al. (2021) <doi:10.18637/jss.v100.i06>.
License: GPL (>= 3)
ByteCompile: true
Depends: R(>= 4.1.0), methods, Rcpp(>= 0.12.15)
Imports: stats, utils, graphics, lavaan(>= 0.6-18), coda, mnormt,
        nonnest2(>= 0.5-7), loo(>= 2.0), rstan(>= 2.26.0),
        rstantools(>= 1.5.0), RcppParallel (>= 5.0.1), bayesplot,
        Matrix, future.apply, tmvnsim, igraph
LinkingTo: StanHeaders (>= 2.26.0), rstan (>= 2.26.0), BH (>= 1.69.0),
        Rcpp (>= 0.12.15), RcppEigen (>= 0.3.3.4.0), RcppParallel (>=
        5.0.1)
Suggests: runjags(>= 2.0.4-3), modeest(>= 2.3.3), rjags, cmdstanr,
        semTools, blavsam, tinytest
SystemRequirements: GNU make
URL: https://ecmerkle.github.io/blavaan/,
        https://github.com/ecmerkle/blavaan
BugReports: https://github.com/ecmerkle/blavaan/issues
Additional_repositories: https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev/,
        https://ecmerkle.github.io/drat
Config/Needs/website: brms
NeedsCompilation: yes
Packaged: 2026-01-19 19:02:33 UTC; merkle
Author: Edgar Merkle [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7158-0653>),
  Yves Rosseel [aut],
  Ben Goodrich [aut],
  Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-6647>, R/blav_compare.R,
    R/ctr_bayes_fit.R, vignettes),
  Terrence D. Jorgensen [ctb] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5111-6773>, R/ctr_bayes_fit.R,
    R/ctr_ppmc.R, R/blav_predict.R),
  Huub Hoofs [ctb] (R/ctr_bayes_fit.R),
  Rens van de Schoot [ctb] (R/ctr_bayes_fit.R),
  Andrew Johnson [ctb] (Makevars),
  Matthew Emery [ctb] (loo moment_match),
  Michael S. Truong [ctb] (options(blavaan.target))
Maintainer: Edgar Merkle <merklee@missouri.edu>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-01-20 06:10:37 UTC
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