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title: 'algebraic.mle: Algebraic Maximum Likelihood Estimators'
version: 2.0.2
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.algebraic.mle
abstract: 'The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) is a technology: under regularity
  conditions, any MLE is asymptotically normal with variance given by the inverse
  Fisher information. This package exploits that structure by defining an algebra
  over MLEs. Compose independent estimators into joint MLEs via block-diagonal covariance
  (''joint''), optimally combine repeated estimates via inverse-variance weighting
  (''combine''), propagate transformations via the delta method (''rmap''), and bridge
  to distribution algebra via conversion to normal or multivariate normal objects
  (''as_dist''). Supports asymptotic (''mle'', ''mle_numerical'') and bootstrap (''mle_boot'')
  estimators with a unified interface for inference: confidence intervals, standard
  errors, AIC, Fisher information, and predictive intervals. For background on maximum
  likelihood estimation, see Casella and Berger (2002, ISBN:978-0534243128). For the
  delta method and variance estimation, see Lehmann and Casella (1998, ISBN:978-0387985022).'
authors:
- family-names: Towell
  given-names: Alexander
  email: lex@metafunctor.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-9897
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'algebraic.mle: Algebraic Maximum Likelihood Estimators'
  authors:
  - family-names: Towell
    given-names: Alexander
    email: lex@metafunctor.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-9897
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 1.2.0
  url: https://cran.r-project.org/package=algebraic.mle
repository: https://queelius.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/queelius/algebraic.mle
commit: d992f06a8602207597f58f82acfdcf32018c7fab
url: https://queelius.github.io/algebraic.mle/
date-released: '2026-03-17'
contact:
- family-names: Towell
  given-names: Alexander
  email: lex@metafunctor.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-9897