gctsc: Gaussian and Student-t Copula Models for Count Time Series

Provides likelihood-based inference for Gaussian and Student-t copula models for univariate count time series. Supports Poisson, negative binomial, binomial, beta-binomial, and zero-inflated marginals with ARMA dependence structures. Includes simulation, maximum-likelihood estimation, residual diagnostics, and predictive inference. Implements Time Series Minimax Exponential Tilting (TMET) <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2026.108344>, an adaptation of minimax exponential tilting of Botev (2017) <doi:10.1111/rssb.12162>. Also provides a linear-cost implementation of the Geweke–Hajivassiliou–Keane (GHK) simulator following Masarotto and Varin (2012) <doi:10.1214/12-EJS721>, and the Continuous Extension (CE) approximation of Nguyen and De Oliveira (2025) <doi:10.1080/02664763.2025.2498502>. The package follows the S3 design philosophy of 'gcmr' but is developed independently.

Version: 0.2.0
Depends: R (≥ 3.5)
Imports: Rcpp, Matrix, TruncatedNormal, VGAM, truncnorm
LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, VeccTMVN, gcmr, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-03-13
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.gctsc
Author: Quynh Nguyen [aut, cre], Victor De Oliveira [aut]
Maintainer: Quynh Nguyen <nqnhu2209 at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/QNNHU/gctsc/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/QNNHU/gctsc
NeedsCompilation: yes
Materials: README
In views: TimeSeries
CRAN checks: gctsc results

Documentation:

Reference manual: gctsc.html , gctsc.pdf
Vignettes: Gaussian and Student t Copula Time Series Models for Count Data (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: gctsc_0.2.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: gctsc_0.1.3.zip, r-release: gctsc_0.1.3.zip, r-oldrel: gctsc_0.1.3.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): gctsc_0.1.3.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): gctsc_0.1.3.tgz, r-release (x86_64): gctsc_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): gctsc_0.2.0.tgz
Old sources: gctsc archive

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