ValidationExplorer: Simulation-Based Tools for Bioacoustic Study Design
Many bioacoustic data workflows rely on manual review (i.e.,
validation) of a subset of call files to provide information to statistical
models that account for misclassification by automated algorithms.
Because manual review can be prohibitively expensive, simulation can be a
valuable tool to aid the design of studies that use validation. This package
provides user-friendly functions to reduce the programming burden of
simulation studies that compare validation sampling designs. Simulations
assume the count-detection model, which is a realistic model for bioacoustic
data, especially for bats. For more information, see Oram et al. (2025)
<doi:10.1214/25-AOAS2096>.
| Version: |
0.1.1 |
| Depends: |
nimble, R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: |
coda, dplyr, ggplot2, magrittr, purrr, rlang, rstan, stringr, tibble, tidyr, viridis |
| Suggests: |
testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr |
| Published: |
2026-06-07 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.ValidationExplorer (may not be active yet) |
| Author: |
Jacob Oram  [aut,
cre, cph],
Katharine Banner
[aut],
Christian Stratton
[aut],
Kathryn Irvine
[aut] |
| Maintainer: |
Jacob Oram <jacoboram at montana.edu> |
| BugReports: |
https://github.com/j-oram/ValidationExplorer/issues |
| License: |
MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: |
https://j-oram.github.io/ValidationExplorer/ |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| Materials: |
README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: |
ValidationExplorer results |
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