v0.5.0

This release introduces significant changes to the internal logic behind the Malmquist index. The presentation of results is now consistent across the app, and the newly exported functions operate in a manner similar to other DEA functions.

Breaking changes

• Results for the Malmquist index are now returned ala Farrell (not Shephard). This is consistent with how results
  for other models are currently presented in the app. Users should note that this changes the interpretation of the malmquist index for input-oriented models. See ?compute_malmquist() for details. (#81)
• Removed the select input box for returns to scale in the Malmquist analysis tab. The currently supported Malmquist index is the one defined by Färe & Grosskopf (1996). Components of the index is thus always computed based on the same returns to scale (either CRS or VRS depending on the specific component), so the select input box is not needed.
• runPioneeR() has been removed to avoid confusion for new users with the release on CRAN.

Enhancements

• Added a new exported function, compute_malmquist() for calculating productivity. This also removes the need for {productivity} as a dependency. (#81)
• Further sub-components of the Malmquist index, including bias technical change and scale efficiency change, have been added to the results in the Malmquist analysis tab. (#81)
• Added caching to the bootstrap function in the app (#88)
• A warning is now generated if the power of the analysis is too low and more DMUs should be added for robust results (#83)

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

v0.4.0

This release includes several major rewrites of the internal logic of the app, while keeping the current user-impact at a minimum. In addition we introduce two new exported functions for computing and bootstrapping DEA models.

Breaking changes

• pioneeR now depends on bslib 0.6.0 or higher (#73)
• summary_tbl_dea() no longer supports Farell-type objects from the {Benchmarking} package (#104)

Changes & improvements

• Updated documentation for run_pioneer()
• Added a new package logo (#21)
• Added custom functions for DEA calculations in order to remove {Benchmarking} as a dependency (#80)
• Added new exported functions for calculating, and bootstraping DEA models, compute_dea() and bootstrap_dea() (#80, #93)
• All R functions - including server() and ui() - have been moved to the R directory with benefits to how internal functions are accessed. In addition, the global environment is untouched when the app is run (#87)

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where the checkbox for timeseries would be available before any data is uploaded (#74)
• Fixed a few bugs where the UI did not correctly reflect the user supplied input for rounding (#84)

v0.3.0

This release adds bootstrapping and enhances the user experience of pioneeR

v0.2.0

• Added ability to provide data to the app with runPioneer()
• Added the ability to return data when the app closes
• Fixed a bug where the Malmquist tab would not show the results of the analysis

0.1.0

First release of pioneeR