Posterior sampling in several commonly used distributions using
    normalized power prior as described in 
    Duan, Ye and Smith (2006) <doi:10.1002/env.752> and 
    Ibrahim et.al. (2015) <doi:10.1002/sim.6728>. 
    Sampling of the power parameter is achieved via 
    either independence Metropolis-Hastings or random walk Metropolis-Hastings 
    based on transformation.

Implements a nonparametric statistical test for rank or score data
 from partially-balanced incomplete block-design experiments.

Calculates phenological cycle and anomalies using a non-parametric
    approach applied to time series of vegetation indices derived from remote sensing data 
    or field measurements. The package implements basic and high-level functions for 
    manipulating vector data (numerical series) and raster data (satellite derived products).
    Processing of very large raster files is supported. For more information, please check 
    the following paper:
    Chávez et al. (2023) <doi:10.3390/rs15010073>.

Partial informational correlation (PIC) is used to identify the meaningful predictors to the response from a large set of potential predictors. Details of methodologies used in the package can be found in Sharma, A., Mehrotra, R. (2014). <doi:10.1002/2013WR013845>, Sharma, A., Mehrotra, R., Li, J., & Jha, S. (2016). <doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.05.021>, and Mehrotra, R., & Sharma, A. (2006). <doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.08.007>.

Multiple and generalized nonparametric regression using smoothing spline ANOVA models and generalized additive models, as described in Helwig (2020) <doi:10.4135/9781526421036885885>. Includes support for Gaussian and non-Gaussian responses, smoothers for multiple types of predictors (including random intercepts), interactions between smoothers of mixed types, eight different methods for smoothing parameter selection, and flexible tools for diagnostics, inference, and prediction.

Estimating the first and second derivatives of a regression function by the method of Wang and Lin (2015) <http://www.jmlr.org/papers/v16/wang15b.html>.