Spatial coverage sampling and random sampling from compact
        geographical strata created by k-means. See Walvoort et al. (2010) 
        <doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2010.04.005> for details.

Provides a covariance estimator for multivariate normal
        data that is sparse and positive definite.  Implements the
        majorize-minimize algorithm described in Bien, J., and
        Tibshirani, R. (2011), "Sparse Estimation of a Covariance
        Matrix," Biometrika. 98(4). 807--820.

Implements a spatially varying change point model with 
    unique intercepts, slopes, variance intercepts and slopes, and 
    change points at each location. Inference is within the 
    Bayesian setting using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). The 
    response variable can be modeled as Gaussian (no nugget), 
    probit or Tobit link and the five spatially varying parameter
    are modeled jointly using a multivariate conditional 
    autoregressive (MCAR) prior. The MCAR is a unique process that
    allows for a dissimilarity metric to dictate the local spatial 
    dependencies. Full details of the package can be found in the accompanying vignette.
    Furthermore, the details of the package can be found in the corresponding paper on arXiv
    by Berchuck et al (2018): "A spatially varying change points model for monitoring glaucoma 
    progression using visual field data", <arXiv:1811.11038>.

The sparse principal component regression is computed. The regularization parameters are optimized by cross-validation.

The Semi Parametric Piecewise Distribution blends the Generalized Pareto Distribution for the tails with a kernel based interior.

Diverse spatial datasets for demonstrating, benchmarking and teaching spatial data analysis. 
    It includes R data of class sf (defined by the package 'sf'), Spatial ('sp'), and nb ('spdep').
    Unlike other spatial data packages such as 'rnaturalearth' and 'maps', 
    it also contains data stored in a range of file formats including GeoJSON, ESRI Shapefile and GeoPackage. 
    Some of the datasets are designed to illustrate specific analysis techniques.
    cycle_hire() and cycle_hire_osm(), for example, is designed to illustrate point pattern analysis techniques.