Package: Synth
Version: 1.2-0
Date: 2026-05-04
Title: Synthetic Control Group Method for Comparative Case Studies
Authors@R: c(person(given = 'Jens', family = 'Hainmueller', role = c('aut','cre'), email = 'jhain@stanford.edu'), person(given = 'Alexis', family = 'Diamond', role = 'aut'))
Description: Implements the synthetic control group method for
        comparative case studies as described in Abadie and Gardeazabal
        (2003) and Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2010, 2011, 2014).
        The synthetic control method allows for effect estimation in
        settings where a single unit (a state, country, firm, etc.) is
        exposed to an event or intervention. It provides a data-driven
        procedure to construct synthetic control units based on a
        weighted combination of comparison units that approximates the
        characteristics of the unit that is exposed to the
        intervention. A combination of comparison units often provides
        a better comparison for the unit exposed to the intervention
        than any comparison unit alone.
Imports: kernlab, optimx, rgenoud
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown, CVXR (>= 1.8.0),
        torch, ggplot2
Config/testthat/edition: 3
VignetteBuilder: knitr
License: GPL (>= 2)
Depends: R (>= 2.10)
URL: https://web.stanford.edu/~jhain/
Encoding: UTF-8
Config/pak/sysreqs: cmake
Repository: https://j-hai.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-05-26 21:23:34 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/j-hai/synth
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 7ad2c8fcdbc230c10af736e8433755f6c5740c08
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-07-04 00:59:54 UTC; root
Author: Jens Hainmueller [aut, cre],
  Alexis Diamond [aut]
Maintainer: Jens Hainmueller <jhain@stanford.edu>