ao: Alternating Optimization

Implementation of an iterative process that optimizes a function by alternately performing restricted optimization over parameter subsets. Instead of solving one joint optimization problem, alternating optimization breaks it into smaller sub-problems. This approach can make optimization feasible when joint optimization is too difficult.

Version: 1.2.3
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: checkmate, cli, future.apply, oeli (≥ 0.7.5), optimizeR (≥ 1.2.1), progressr, R6, stats, utils
Suggests: devtools, ggplot2, knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-05-11
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.ao
Author: Lennart Oelschläger ORCID iD [aut, cre], Siddhartha Chib [ctb]
Maintainer: Lennart Oelschläger <oelschlaeger.lennart at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/loelschlaeger/ao/issues
License: GPL-3
URL: https://loelschlaeger.de/ao/, https://github.com/loelschlaeger/ao/
NeedsCompilation: no
Language: en-US
Materials: README, NEWS
In views: Optimization
CRAN checks: ao results

Documentation:

Reference manual: ao.html , ao.pdf
Vignettes: Alternating optimization (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: ao_1.2.3.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: ao_1.2.3.zip, r-release: ao_1.2.2.zip, r-oldrel: ao_1.2.3.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): ao_1.2.3.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): ao_1.2.3.tgz, r-release (x86_64): ao_1.2.3.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): ao_1.2.3.tgz
Old sources: ao archive

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