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  <dc:title>An R Package of Minorization-Maximization Algorithm via the
Assembly--Decomposition Technology</dc:title>
  <dc:title>R package MMAD version 2.0.1</dc:title>
  <dc:description>The minorization-maximization (MM) algorithm is a powerful tool for maximizing nonconcave target function. However, for most existing MM algorithms, the surrogate function in the minorization step is constructed in a case-specific manner and requires manual programming. To address this limitation, we develop the R package MMAD, which systematically integrates the assembly--decomposition technology in the MM framework. This new package provides a comprehensive computational toolkit for one-stop inference of complex target functions, including function construction, evaluation, minorization and optimization via MM algorithm. By representing the target function through a hierarchical composition of assembly functions, we design a hierarchical algorithmic structure that supports both bottom-up operations (construction, evaluation) and top-down operation (minorization).</dc:description>
  <dc:type>Software</dc:type>
  <dc:relation>Depends: R (&gt;= 2.10)</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Imports: utils</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Suggests: testthat (&gt;= 3.0.0)</dc:relation>
  <dc:creator>Jiaqi Gu &lt;jiaqigu@usf.edu&gt;</dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher>Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)</dc:publisher>
  <dc:contributor>Xifen Huang [aut],
  Jinfeng Xu [aut],
  Jiaqi Gu [aut, cre]</dc:contributor>
  <dc:rights>GPL-3</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-03-12</dc:date>
  <dc:format>application/tgz</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MMAD</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.MMAD</dc:identifier>
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