NEWS

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HIMA 2.3.3 (2025-11-17)

• Added longitudinal mediation data with survival outcome support via hima_survival_long and the hima wrapper.
• Code optimization and bug fixes.

HIMA 2.3.2 (2025-06-11)

• Code optimization and bug fixes.
• Allows parallel computing.

HIMA 2.3.1 (2025-01-27)

• Code optimization and bug fixes.
• Function naming convention update.
• Allows contrast and subset in hima.
• Add vignette for HIMA.

HIMA 2.3.0 (2024-10-28)

• Coding optimization and bug fixes.
• Renmae hima2 to hima (hima2 will be retired by 2025-11-1) and improved parameter naming.

HIMA 2.2.2 (2024-08-24)

• Add efficient HIMA function eHIMA.
• Optimization of function hima2.
• Stablization of estimates in function qHIMA.
• Some improvements in output presentation and consistency.

HIMA 2.2.1 (2023-09-10)

• Add quantile HIMA function qHIMA.
• Enable de-biased lasso penalty for regular HIMA in function hima2

HIMA 2.2.0 (2023-04-27)

• Add wrapper function hima2 for one-stop solution of different HIMA analysis.

HIMA 2.0.1 (2022-07-18)

• Rename family option in hima function to Y.family.
• Rename screen.family option in hima function to M.family
• Improve verbose messages.

HIMA 2.0.0 (2022-02-03)

• Keep older version of null_estimation in package HDMT (< 1.0.4).
• Allows negative binomial regression in funcion hima when outcome is binary.
• Add new function microHIMA to handle compositional microbiome data.

HIMA 1.1.0 (2021-05-15)

• Add new function survHIMA to handle survival data.

HIMA 1.0.7 (2018-03-06)

• Allow low-dimensional mediator selections.

HIMA 1.0.5 (2017-11-08)

• Two different sets of covariates are allowed for exposure and outcome separately.

HIMA 1.0.4

• Benjamini-Hochberg FDR adjustment is available.

HIMA 1.0.3

• Added error handler when no mediators were selected from penalized model.
• More transparent information returned during model fitting (when verbose = TRUE).

HIMA 1.0.2

• Improvement: More powerful model fit when outcome variable is binary.
• Generalized linear regression is now allowed in screening step.

HIMA 1.0.0

• Initial package submission to GitHub