The SALSO algorithm is an efficient randomized greedy search method to find a point estimate for a random partition based on a loss function and posterior Monte Carlo samples. The algorithm is implemented for many loss functions, including the Binder loss and a generalization of the variation of information loss, both of which allow for unequal weights on the two types of clustering mistakes. Efficient implementations are also provided for Monte Carlo estimation of the posterior expected loss of a given clustering estimate. See Dahl, Johnson, Müller (2022) <doi:10.1080/10618600.2022.2069779>.

The SALTSampler package facilitates Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC)
    sampling of random variables on a simplex. A Self-Adjusting Logit Transform
    (SALT) proposal is used so that sampling is still efficient even in difficult
    cases, such as those in high dimensions or with parameters that differ by orders
    of magnitude. Special care is also taken to maintain accuracy even when some
    coordinates approach 0 or 1 numerically. Diagnostic and graphic functions are
    included in the package, enabling easy assessment of the convergence and mixing
    of the chain within the constrained space.

Take real or simulated data and salt it with errors commonly 
    found in the wild, such as pseudo-OCR errors, Unicode problems, numeric 
    fields with nonsensical punctuation, bad dates, etc.

Computationally efficient tools for high dimensional predictive
        modeling (regression and classification). SAM is short for sparse 
        additive modeling, and adopts the computationally efficient basis 
        spline technique. We solve  the optimization problems by various 
        computational algorithms including the block coordinate descent 
        algorithm, fast iterative soft-thresholding algorithm, and newton method. 
        The computation is further accelerated by warm-start and active-set tricks.

An R API providing access to a relational database with macroeconomic time series data for South Africa,
 obtained from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Statistics South Africa (STATSSA), and updated on a weekly basis
 via the EconData <https://www.econdata.co.za/> platform and automated scraping of the SARB and STATSSA websites.
 The database is maintained at the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University.