\name{NEWS}
\title{News for Package 'gamboostLSS'}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 2.0-1 (2018-06-14)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Export plot functions, streamlined interface of cvrisk and updated manuals.
        Closes issue \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/46}{#46}.}
      \item{Export \code{predict.mboostLSS} to make \pkg{betaboost} happy.}
      \item{Updated reference for Thomas et al. 
        Closes issues \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/47}{#47}.}
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 2.0-0 (2017-05-05)}{
  \subsection{User-visible changes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Added new fitting algorithm which can be used via the argument 
        \code{method}:
        \itemize{
          \item \code{method = "cyclic"} is the standard approach which was also
             used previously.
          \item \code{method = "noncyclic"} provides a new non-cyclical algorithm. 
        }
        The \code{"noncyclic"} method allow faster cross-validation and better results
        for stability selection (see below). For details see 
           
        Thomas, J., Mayr, A., Bischl, B., Schmid, M., Smith, A., and Hofner, B. (2017), 
        Gradient boosting for distributional regression - faster tuning and improved 
        variable selection via noncyclical updates. 
        \emph{Statistics and Computing}. Online First. 
        DOI \href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11222-017-9754-6}{10.1007/s11222-017-9754-6}\cr
        (Preliminary version: \url{http://arxiv.org/abs/1611.10171}).
      \item Stability selection (\code{stabsel}) implemented for \code{gamboostLSS} 
         models.
      \item Models can now be fitted with zero steps (i.e., models containing only 
        the offset). This change was mainly realized with the release of mboost 2.8-0.
        This closes issue \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/22}{#22}.
      \item The \code{as.families} interface to incorporate \pkg{gamlss} distributions 
         for \code{gamboostLSS} models was adapted to allow for other link functions.
     \item Added option \code{stabilization = "L2"}  to use the average L2 norm of 
	     the negative gradient to make the updates for the different distribution 
	     parameters comparable. 
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Fixed \code{as.families("BB")} and \code{as.families("BI")}, which is 
        actually an \pkg{mboost} family. Closes issue
        \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/12}{#12}.
      \item Fixed \code{as.families} for 4-parametric \code{"Mixed"}-type families
        (e.g. \code{as.families("BEOI")} and \code{as.families("BEINF")}). 
        Closes issue
        \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/28}{#28}.
    }
  }
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item Added Janek Thomas as new author.
      \item Updated \file{inst/CITATION} due to release of JSS tutorial paper and 
        added new noncyclical fitting paper (also to manuals). 
        The latter closes issue \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/27}{#27}.
      \item Updated URL in \file{DESCRIPTION}.
      \item Adapt \code{mboostLSS_fit()} such that it can be called by \code{FDboost::FDboostLSS()}.
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.2-1 (2016-03-11)}{
  \subsection{User-visible changes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Speed up computations by using \code{response(fitted())}
      instead of \code{fitted(, type = response)} as the latter uses
      \code{predict()}. Closes issue
      \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/5}{#5}.
      \item Improved output of \code{print.mboostLSS()} and
      \code{summary.mboostLSS()}. Closes issue
      \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/7}{#7}.
      \item Added \code{gamboostLSS_intern()} to make \pkg{FDboost}
      happy. Caution: Do not use this function.
    }
  }
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item Fixed \file{inst/CITATION}.
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Fixed tests for stabilization.
      \item Fixed bug in \code{cvrisk.mboostLSS()} which occurred if
      \code{families} wasn't explicitly specified when fitting the
      model. Closes
      \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/9}{#9}.
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.2-0 (2015-08-19)}{
  \subsection{User-visible changes}{
    \itemize{
      \item New interface: Stabilization of negative gradient is now
      specified via families, e.g., \code{GaussianLSS(stabilization =
	"MAD")}. Using \code{options(gamboostLSS_stab_ngrad = TRUE)} is
      still supported for backward compatibility but discouraged.
      \item Added \code{weighted.median} which is used in \code{"MAD"}
      stabilization (see bugfixes).
      \item Added preliminary version of the tutorial paper as vignette,
      which is now available as \code{vignette("gamboostLSS_Tutorial",
	package = "gamboostLSS")}.
      \item Added \code{summary} function (request
      \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/2}{#2}).
    }
  }
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item Added preliminary version of tutorial paper as reference.
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Improve stored \code{call}s (closes
      \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/3}{#3}).
      \item Use \code{weighted.median} to compute MAD when negative
      gradients are stabilized.
      \item Fixed handling of \pkg{gamlss.dist} families with \code{type
	= "Mixed"}.
      \item Fixed a bug in \code{as.families} with truncated \code{families}
      (which can be obtained using the package \pkg{gamlss.tr}).
      \item The internal helper \code{get_qfun} is now a generic
      function.
      \item  Adhere to CRAN policies regarding import of base packages
      (closes \href{https://github.com/boost-R/gamboostLSS/issues/1}{#1}).
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.1-3 (2015-01-12)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item Changed plain text \file{NEWS} to \file{inst/NEWS.Rd}
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Changes in \file{inst/CITATION} to make CRAN happy:
      Citations can now be extracted without the need to install the
      package.
      \item Corrected \code{india} data set:\cr
      stunting ranged from -600 to 600 but should range from -6 to 6
      \item Fixed unstated dependencies
      \item Changed \code{require} to \code{requireNamespace}
      and added \code{gamlss.dist::} where necessary
      \item Fixed bug in \code{selected.mboostLSS}
      \item \code{predict()} returned a vector instead of a matrix
      \item \code{factor}s were coerced to \code{character}s in
      \code{predint()}
    }
  }
}


\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.1-2 (2014-06-25)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item added \pkg{survival} to suggests and load it in tests to
      reflect recent changes in \pkg{mboost}
      \item removed the generic function \code{risk()} as this function is
      now defined in \pkg{mboost}
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item check if response is correct for the \code{family} before
      the \code{offset} is computed
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.1-1 (2014-06-16)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item re-added tests
      \item changed \code{\\dontrun} to \code{\\donttest} in examples
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.1-0 (2014-06-12)}{
  \subsection{User-visible changes}{
    \itemize{
       \item added new function \code{cvrisk} for generic
       cross-validation (\pkg{gamboostLSS} now requires \pkg{mboost} >=
       2.2-3 for the generic function definition)
       \item added a function to obtain cross-validation grids
       (\code{make_grid})
       \item added new function \code{as.families} to include
       \pkg{gamlss} families in \pkg{gamboostLSS}
       \item added new families \code{BetaLSS}, \code{GammaLSS},
       \code{GaussianLSS}, \code{ZIPoLSS}, \code{ZINBLSS}
       \item \code{GaussianLSS} is now the default for \code{families}
       \item added new functions \code{predint()} and
       \code{plot(predint())} to obtain and plot marginal prediction
       intervals
       \item added stabilization factor for negative gradients (MAD):
       turn on the stabilization by using\cr
       \code{options(gamboostLSS_stab_ngrad = TRUE)}
       \item added new data sets \code{india} and \code{india.bnd}
    }
  }
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item lots of minor improvements in the interface and methods
      \item improved manuals in various places
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item Speed of model fitting was dependent on iteration,
      i.e. the algorithm got slower for larger \code{mstop} values
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.0-3 (2011-11-16)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item removed duplicated (and slightly altered) code from
      \pkg{mboost} that was required to make \pkg{gamboostLSS} work with
      earlier versions of \pkg{mboost};\cr
      \pkg{gamboostLSS} now requires \pkg{mboost} >= 2.0-12
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item fixed potential problem that might occur if users specify
      different outcomes for different components
      \item fixed bug in \file{tests/regtest-gamboostLSS.R}
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.0-2 (2011-08-31)}{
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item changed the way we use environments
      (to get rid of note: \code{no visible binding})
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.0-1 (2011-08-10)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item updated dependencies
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item fixed bug in \code{selected()}
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 1.0 (2011-08-10)}{
  \subsection{Miscellaneous}{
    \itemize{
      \item updated references
      \item moved \pkg{gamboostLSS} to CRAN
    }
  }
  \subsection{Bug-fixes}{
    \itemize{
      \item some changes to make \pkg{gamboostLSS} work with
      \pkg{mboost} 2.0.x series
    }
  }
}

\section{Changes in gamboostLSS version 0.5 (2010-07-02)}{
  \itemize{
    \item initial development version of \pkg{gamboostLSS} on R-forge
  }
}
