NEWS

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mfp 1.5.4 (2023-07-19)

• Fixed a bug where variables with nested names were incorrectly excluded from the model.

mfp 1.5.3

• Added term predictions including first and second derivatives.
• Rewrote vignette as an .Rmd file and added a terms prediction example.
• Corrected the use of offsets in glm models.
• Changed rescale default: Now, by default `rescale = FALSE'.

mfp 1.5.2 (2015-09-09)

• Minor corrections (Vignette float options error; function namespace).

mfp 1.5.1 (2015-02-04)

• Minor corrections (Vignette keywords updated).

mfp 1.5.0 (2014-10-02)

• New maintainer; 'vignettes' directory added.

mfp 1.4.9 (2010-11-29)

• Minor corrections in fp.rescale.

mfp 1.4.8 (2010-09-21)

• Call of final fitted glm/coxph model corrected (parent frame was missing).
• plot.mfp (temporarily) removed.
• Correction of rescaling procedure of log trafos in fp.rescale.

mfp 1.4.7

• summary.mfp added to avoid problems calling summary directly on mfp object.

mfp 1.4.6 (2008-08-29)

• Minor corrections.

mfp 1.4.5 (2008-06-26)

• Minor corrections of component 'fit'.

mfp 1.4.4 (2008-04-07)

• predict.mfp added.

mfp 1.4.3 (2007-12-12)

• Corrected in object$fit: Use quadratic in ln(X) when powers=(0,0).

mfp 1.4.2 (2007-11-13)

• Minor corrections to use 'subset' properly and to allow to ignore 'data'.

mfp 1.4.0 (2007-05-17)

• Data set 'GBSG' from the JRSS-A paper replaced by its Stata version.
• 'rescale' argument added to function call.
• 'keep' argument added to function call.
• Verbose output now shows also transformation functions of covariates.

mfp 1.3.2 (2005-12-21)

• Scaling of variables is added to model fit used for output component 'fit'.

mfp 1.3.1 (2005-09-24)

• Output corrected for FP2 with equal powers.
• mfp now works even without any FP call.
• New argument 'method' to select method for tie handling in Cox models.
• Vignette updated.

mfp 1.3.0 (2005-05-29)

• Changes in the primary ordering of variables.
• Scaling changed.
• Likelihood ratio tests are now used for all selections.
• Plot of functional form corrected.
• Print function corrected.
• Value of mfp fit has new component `fit'.

mfp 1.2.2 (2004-08-10)

• plot.mfp changed: new argument `var'.
• New dataset `bodyfat' to be used as an example for linear regression.
• Vignette included.

mfp 1.2.1 (2004-07-30)

• Original port.