Tools to assist in safely applying user generated objective and 
   derivative function to optimization programs. These are primarily function 
   minimization methods with at most bounds and masks on the parameters.
   Provides a way to check the basic computation of objective functions that 
   the user provides, along with proposed gradient and Hessian functions, 
   as well as to wrap such functions to avoid failures when inadmissible parameters 
   are provided. Check bounds and masks. Check scaling or optimality conditions. 
   Perform an axial search to seek lower points on the objective function surface. 
   Includes forward, central and backward gradient approximation codes.

Optimal group-sequential designs minimise some function of the expected and maximum sample size whilst controlling the type I error rate and power at a specified level. 'OptGS' provides functions to quickly search for near-optimal group-sequential designs for normally distributed outcomes. The methods used are described in Wason, JMS (2015) <doi:10.18637/jss.v066.i02>.

Estimation of value and hedging strategy of call and put options, based on optimal hedging and Monte Carlo method, from Chapter 3 of 'Statistical Methods for Financial Engineering', by Bruno Remillard, CRC Press, (2013).

Predictive scores must be updated with care, because actions taken on the basis of existing risk scores causes bias in risk estimates from the updated score. A holdout set is a straightforward way to manage this problem: a proportion of the population is 'held-out' from computation of the previous risk score. This package provides tools to estimate a size for this holdout set and associated errors. Comprehensive vignettes are included. Please see: Haidar-Wehbe S, Emerson SR, Aslett LJM, Liley J (2022) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2202.06374> (to appear in Annals of Applied Statistics) for details of methods.

Implements a simulation study to assess the strengths and
    weaknesses of causal inference methods for estimating policy effects
    using panel data. See Griffin et al. (2021)
    <doi:10.1007/s10742-022-00284-w> and Griffin et al. (2022)
    <doi:10.1186/s12874-021-01471-y> for a description of our methods.