NEWS

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stgam 1.2.1

• update to main function (evaluate_models()) with fast GAM option using mgcv::bam
• update to gam_model_rank() function to include k in the results

stgam 1.2.0 (2026-01-29)

• updates to main function (evaluate_models()) for user specification of k or to increase k automatically
• new function for quantifying the effect size of each model term (effect_size())
• updates to gam_model_rank to evaluate models by AIC and to report k for each smooth
• new vignettes
• new case study dataset

stgam 1.1.0 (2025-08-27)

• updates to functions and vignette to use te() tensor product smooths for space-time smooths, replacing t2()
• inclusion of t-values in coefficient estimates

stgam 1.0.2 (2025-06-12)

• fix to vignette plot

stgam 1.0.1 (2025-06-07)

• London borough data (lb) corrected
• typos in vignette corrected

stgam 1.0.0 (2025-05-12)

• space-time GAMs are reformatted to include Tensor Product smooths for combined space-time
• modelling averaging is removed

stgam 0.0.1.3

• expanded the output of do_bma to include averaged $\hat{y}$ and working residuals
• returns weighted vary coefficient estimates appended to input data

stgam 0.0.1.2 (2024-07-31)

• corrected and genericised the do_bma function

stgam 0.0.1.1 (2024-07-12)

• updated initial package to replace data function inputs with input_data.
• tidied help file omissions and typos

stgam 0.0.1.0 (2024-06-25)

• created initial package for CRAN submission.
• tidied functions to overcome 'no visible global function definition' in CMD checks,

stgam 0.0.0.9000

• created initial package for GitHub.