# Posts

### Ryacas version 1.1.0 publised in Journal of Open Source Software and released to CRAN

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Ryacas version 1.1.0 has now been accepted into Journal of Open Source Software and …

### Variance in reproductive success (VRS) in forensic genetics lineage markers

Back in 2017, David Balding and I published the paper “How convincing is a matching Y-chromosome profile?”. One of the key parameters …

### Wolfe conditions for deciding step length in inexact line search: An example with the Rosenbrock function

In inexact line search (a numerical optimisation technique) the step length (or learning rate) must be decided. In connection to that …

### Ryacas version 1.0.0 released!

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Ryacas version 1.0.0 is now released to CRAN …

### Automatic 'testthat' test skeletons with new R package 'roxytest' extending 'roxygen2'

It is important to test software. One approach is unit-testing, and for R packages this can e.g. be done using testthat. It is also …