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Comparison · Infra & APIs
fastpos vs JointFPM
A side-by-side editorial comparison of fastpos and JointFPM — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
fastpos vs JointFPM: at a glance
What is fastpos?
Dormant three years, then a two-line release nobody using it would notice
fastpos finds the critical point of stability for a Pearson correlation, a simulation problem whose C++ implementation is the entire reason the package exists. Its substantive work concluded in 2022 with 0.5.0, the release prepared during R Journal review, which renamed the precision parameters, moved multicore work to pbapply and let users set corridor limits directly. After three years of silence, 0.6.0 removes an internal restriction to cpp11 and changes index_pop to an integer.
What is JointFPM?
Recurrent-event modelling settles, with mean_no() promoted to stable.
JointFPM fits joint flexible parametric models for a recurrent event process alongside a competing terminal event, and predicts the mean number of events. The visible history runs from bug fixes on the earliest CRAN releases through standardization, integration options and a summary method, ending with mean_no() declared stable. Several changes arrived through outside pull requests.
fastpos vs JointFPM: editorial side-by-side
fastpos
0.0INFRA · APIS
Dormant three years, then a two-line release nobody using it would notice
◆ Current state
fastpos finds the critical point of stability for a Pearson correlation, a simulation problem whose C++ implementation is the entire reason the package exists. Its substantive work concluded in 2022 with 0.5.0, the release prepared during R Journal review, which renamed the precision parameters, moved multicore work to pbapply and let users set corridor limits directly. After three years of silence, 0.6.0 removes an internal restriction to cpp11 and changes index_pop to an integer.
◆ Where it's heading
This is a finished piece of research software in low-effort upkeep. The changelog's centre of gravity is the R Journal review process, and once that concluded the package stopped changing. The single release since is toolchain work of the kind that keeps a package compiling rather than anything a user would see.
◆ Prediction
Expect nothing beyond occasional compilation or CRAN-check fixes unless the accompanying paper draws requests for other correlation types or resampling schemes.
JointFPM
0.0INFRA · APIS
Recurrent-event modelling settles, with mean_no() promoted to stable.
◆ Current state
JointFPM fits joint flexible parametric models for a recurrent event process alongside a competing terminal event, and predicts the mean number of events. The visible history runs from bug fixes on the earliest CRAN releases through standardization, integration options and a summary method, ending with mean_no() declared stable. Several changes arrived through outside pull requests.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc runs from a working estimator toward a usable one: input validation and error messages first, then control over the numerical integration, then a summary method and pass-through arguments to the underlying rstpm2 fit. The latest release adds no code so much as a stability commitment to a function users were already calling.
◆ Prediction
With mean_no() stable, the next work most likely targets the prediction and standardization paths rather than the model fit itself.
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Recent activity from fastpos and JointFPM
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 10mo agofastposcpp11 restriction removed; index_pop now an integer
- 1y agoJointFPMmean_no() promoted to a stable interface
- 2y agoJointFPMsummary() method and control arguments passed to rstpm2
- 2y agoJointFPMGaussian quadrature option for the mean-events integration
- 2y agoJointFPMStandardized marginal estimates plus input validation
- 2y agoJointFPMBug fixes for differences between mean-event functions
- 4y agofastposMulticore fix for pbmcapply; Windows limited to one core
- 4y agofastposR Journal review release: renamed precision parameters, manual corridor limits
- 5y agofastposMore informative test failures; interactive-only progress bars
- 6y agofastposMulticore support via the future package
- 6y agofastposExact-rho population generation and C++ progress bar fixes
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between fastpos and JointFPM?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. fastpos and JointFPM are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is fastpos better than JointFPM?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. fastpos and JointFPM are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to fastpos?
Top fastpos alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "fastpos alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/fastpos for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to JointFPM?
Top JointFPM alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "JointFPM alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/jointfpm for the full list with editorial commentary on each.