jsdtools: Jensen-Shannon Divergence Estimation, Confidence Intervals, and Distribution Plots

Estimates Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD) for quantifying distributional differences between two groups on a given variable. Supports both continuous and discrete variables, with tools for point estimation, bootstrap confidence intervals, and visualization of raw group-specific distributions.

Version:	0.1.0
Depends:	R (≥ 4.0.0)
Imports:	graphics, grDevices, stats
Suggests:	survival, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2026-03-30
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.jsdtools (may not be active yet)
Author:	Yueqin Hu [aut, cre], Yiran Zhou [aut], Wenjuan Liu [aut]
Maintainer:	Yueqin Hu <yueqinhu at bnu.edu.cn>
License:	GPL (≥ 3)
NeedsCompilation:	no
CRAN checks:	jsdtools results

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Reference manual:

jsdtools.html , jsdtools.pdf

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Package source:	jsdtools_0.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): jsdtools_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available

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