L2 penalized logistic regression for both continuous and discrete predictors, with forward stagewise/forward stepwise variable selection procedure.

Allows fitting of step-functions to univariate serial data where neither the number of jumps nor their positions is known by implementing the multiscale regression estimators SMUCE, simulataneous multiscale changepoint estimator, (K. Frick, A. Munk and H. Sieling, 2014) <doi:10.1111/rssb.12047> and HSMUCE, heterogeneous SMUCE, (F. Pein, H. Sieling and A. Munk, 2017) <doi:10.1111/rssb.12202>. In addition, confidence intervals for the change-point locations and bands for the unknown signal can be obtained.

The stepwise regression analysis is a statistical technique used to identify a subset of predictor variables essential for constructing predictive models. This package performs stepwise regression analysis across various regression models such as linear, logistic, Cox proportional hazards, Poisson, and gamma regression. It incorporates diverse stepwise regression algorithms like forward selection, backward elimination, and bidirectional elimination alongside the best subset method. Additionally, it offers a wide range of selection criteria, including Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), corrected AIC (AICc), Sawa Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC), Schwarz Bayesian Information Criterion (SBC), Significant Levels (SL), among others. Moreover, it facilitates the concurrent selection of multiple methods and criteria for variable selection. For user-friendly exploration and analysis, StepReg provides an intuitive R Shiny app.

An introduction to several novel predictive variable selection methods for random forest. They are based on various variable importance methods (i.e., averaged variable importance (AVI), and knowledge informed AVI (i.e., KIAVI, and KIAVI2)) and predictive accuracy in stepwise algorithms. For details of the variable selection methods, please see: Li, J., Siwabessy, J., Huang, Z. and Nichol, S. (2019) <doi:10.3390/geosciences9040180>. Li, J., Alvarez, B., Siwabessy, J., Tran, M., Huang, Z., Przeslawski, R., Radke, L., Howard, F., Nichol, S. (2017). <DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27686.22085>.