ValidationExplorer: Simulation-Based Tools for Bioacoustic Study Design

Many bioacoustic data workflows rely on manual review (i.e., validation) of a subset of call files to provide information to statistical models that account for misclassification by automated algorithms. Because manual review can be prohibitively expensive, simulation can be a valuable tool to aid the design of studies that use validation. This package provides user-friendly functions to reduce the programming burden of simulation studies that compare validation sampling designs. Simulations assume the count-detection model, which is a realistic model for bioacoustic data, especially for bats. For more information, see Oram et al. (2025) <doi:10.1214/25-AOAS2096>.

Version:	0.1.1
Depends:	nimble, R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports:	coda, dplyr, ggplot2, magrittr, purrr, rlang, rstan, stringr, tibble, tidyr, viridis
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr
Published:	2026-06-07
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.ValidationExplorer
Author:	Jacob Oram [aut, cre, cph], Katharine Banner [aut], Christian Stratton [aut], Kathryn Irvine [aut]
Maintainer:	Jacob Oram <jacoboram at montana.edu>
BugReports:	https://github.com/j-oram/ValidationExplorer/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://j-oram.github.io/ValidationExplorer/
NeedsCompilation:	no
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	ValidationExplorer results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

ValidationExplorer.html , ValidationExplorer.pdf

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Package source:	ValidationExplorer_0.1.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: ValidationExplorer_0.1.1.zip, r-release: ValidationExplorer_0.1.1.zip, r-oldrel: ValidationExplorer_0.1.1.zip
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