DynCount: Bayesian Dynamic Models for Poisson and Binomial Time Series

Fits Bayesian state-space models for non-Gaussian time series using a latent log-rate (Poisson) or latent logit (binomial) formulation. The latent trajectory follows a first-order random walk or a stationary AR(1) process, sampled by Metropolis-within-Gibbs using the implied Gaussian Markov random field (GMRF) full conditionals. Four innovation structures are supported for the latent increments: constant-variance Gaussian, Student-t, a finite scale mixture of normals, and stochastic volatility. Both families support time-constant zero inflation. The package provides simulation, fitting, forecasting, summary and plotting tools. It implements and extends the methodology of Zens and Bijak (2026) <doi:10.1214/26-AOAS2171>.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 3.5.0)
Imports: stats, graphics, grDevices, utils
Suggests: stochvol, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-07-14
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.DynCount (may not be active yet)
Author: Gregor Zens [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Gregor Zens <zens at iiasa.ac.at>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
NeedsCompilation: no
Language: en-GB
Citation: DynCount citation info
Materials: README
CRAN checks: DynCount results

Documentation:

Reference manual: DynCount.html , DynCount.pdf
Vignettes: Dynamic Models for Poisson and Binomial Time Series (source, R code)

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Package source: DynCount_0.1.0.tar.gz
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