Efficient algorithms
 <https://jmlr.org/papers/v24/21-0751.html>
 for computing Area Under Minimum,
 directional derivatives, and
 line search optimization of a linear model,
 with objective defined as either
 max Area Under the Curve or
 min Area Under Minimum.

Uses locality sensitive hashing and creates a neighbourhood graph for a data set and calculates the adjusted rank index value for the same. It uses Gaussian random planes to decide the nature of a given point. Datar, Mayur, Nicole Immorlica, Piotr Indyk, and Vahab S. Mirrokni(2004) <doi:10.1145/997817.997857>.

Estimate the AUC using a variety of methods as follows: 
             (1) frequentist nonparametric methods based on the Mann-Whitney statistic or kernel methods. 
             (2) frequentist parametric methods using the likelihood ratio test based on higher-order 
             asymptotic results, the signed log-likelihood ratio test, the Wald test, 
             or the approximate ''t'' solution to the Behrens-Fisher problem. 
             (3) Bayesian parametric MCMC methods.

Extraction, preparation, visualisation and analysis of TERN AusPlots ecosystem monitoring data. Direct access to plot-based data on vegetation and soils across Australia, including physical sample barcode numbers. Simple function calls extract the data and merge them into species occurrence matrices for downstream analysis, or calculate things like basal area and fractional cover. TERN AusPlots is a national field plot-based ecosystem surveillance monitoring method and dataset for Australia. The data have been collected across a national network of plots and transects by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN - <https://www.tern.org.au>), an Australian Government NCRIS-enabled project, and its Ecosystem Surveillance platform (<https://www.tern.org.au/tern-land-observatory/ecosystem-surveillance-and-environmental-monitoring/>).

Provides access to biographical and political data about Australian 
    federal politicians who served between 1901 and 2021. This enhances how 
    reproducible research is that uses this data.