Package: designmatch
Type: Package
Title: Matched Samples that are Balanced and Representative by Design
Version: 0.5.5
Authors@R: c(
  person("Jose R.", "Zubizarreta", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
         email = "zubizarreta@hcp.med.harvard.edu",
	       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0322-147X")),
	person("Cinar", "Kilcioglu", role = c("aut")),
	person("Juan P.", "Vielma", role = c("aut")),
	person("Eric R.", "Cohn", role = c("aut")),
	person("Noah", "Greifer", role = c("ctb"),
	       email = "noah.greifer@gmail.com",
	       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-3067-7154"))
  )
Description: Includes functions for the construction of matched samples
        that are balanced and representative by design. Among others,
        these functions can be used for matching in observational
        studies with treated and control units, with cases and
        controls, in related settings with instrumental variables, and
        in discontinuity designs.  Also, they can be used for the
        design of randomized experiments, for example, for matching
        before randomization.  By default, 'designmatch' uses the
        'highs' optimization solver, but its performance is greatly
        enhanced by the 'Gurobi' optimization solver and its associated
        R interface. For their installation, please follow the
        instructions at <https://www.gurobi.com/getting-started/> and
        <https://docs.gurobi.com/projects/optimizer/en/current/reference/r/setup.html>.
        We have also included directions in the gurobi_installation
        file in the inst folder.
Depends: R (>= 4.4.0)
Imports: MASS, slam, highs (>= 1.12.0), stats, graphics
Suggests: gurobi, Rcplex, Rglpk, Rmosek, Rsymphony
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3
Encoding: UTF-8
URL: https://github.com/jrzubizarreta/designmatch
BugReports: https://github.com/jrzubizarreta/designmatch/issues
Config/pak/sysreqs: cmake pkg-config
Repository: https://jrzubizarreta.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-02-19 17:05:55 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/jrzubizarreta/designmatch
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 22688ddf4f59a04071b04d75c9498958c34eed46
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-06-21 08:07:42 UTC; root
Author: Jose R. Zubizarreta [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-147X>),
  Cinar Kilcioglu [aut],
  Juan P. Vielma [aut],
  Eric R. Cohn [aut],
  Noah Greifer [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-7154>)
Maintainer: Jose R. Zubizarreta <zubizarreta@hcp.med.harvard.edu>