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# outerbase

outerbase is an R package providing regression approaches designed for 
creating emulators for high-accuracy simulations. The package creates 
high-dimensional approximations (near-interpolators) using a unique outer 
product basis function structure. The advantages over other similar approaches 
are efficiency and robustness. It can be used to construct predictors that

- are stable and consistent,

- remain accurate under massive data,

- leverage large parallel computing resources, and

- accommodate flexible data generation.


The software is open source, which can be found on 
[Github](https://github.com/MattPlumlee/outerbase/), and it is licensed under 
the MIT license.  For details on installation and references to papers, 
see the [webpage docs](https://mattplumlee.github.io/outerbase/).


A [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/) package is now up! This means outerbase
can now be installed directly using `?install.packages`.

```{r, eval = FALSE}
install.packages("outerbase")
```

For development purposes, Github will be a reliable way to try out
the code.  The code can be pulled directly using `{devtools}`.

::: .outerbase-devel

```{r, eval = FALSE}
devtools::install_github("mattplumlee/outerbase")
```

:::

The project was originated by Matthew Plumlee
(mplumlee@northwestern.edu).  As of August 2023, it is no longer under active development, but it remains managed against for bugs and small issues.