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OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.9

  • CRAN Fix (2026-03-14) - Replaced Rf_error with Rcpp::stop:
    • Fixed C++ Exception Handling: Addressed an issue reported by @Enchufa2 regarding the usage of ::Rf_error inside catch(...) blocks. Updated all instances to use Rcpp::stop to ensure proper C++ stack unwinding and avoid memory leaks.
    • Affected Files: src/OBN_LPDB_v5.cpp, src/OBN_EWB_v5.cpp, src/OBN_KMB_v5.cpp, src/OBN_LDB_v5.cpp, src/OBN_MBLP_v5.cpp.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.8

CRAN release: 2026-01-29

  • CRAN Fix (2026-01-28) - LTO/ODR Compliance:
    • Fixed One Definition Rule (ODR) violations: Wrapped internal helper classes IVCache and CumulativeStatsCache in anonymous namespaces within OBC_GMB_v5.cpp, OBC_IVB_v5.cpp, and OBC_JEDI_v5.cpp. This resolves Link-Time Optimization (LTO) warnings/errors on CRAN checks.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.7

  • UBSAN Investigation Fix (2026-01-27) - Addressing persistent memory safety errors:

    • Temporarily disabled ob_categorical_sketch tests: The sketch-based categorical binning algorithm is under investigation for persistent UBSAN memory errors that appear to be related to cache invalidation timing in GitHub Actions CI environment.

    • Removed MergeCache class from OBC_Sketch_v5.cpp: Completely removed the caching mechanism and implemented on-the-fly divergence calculation to eliminate potential memory corruption sources.

  • Affected Files:

    • src/OBC_Sketch_v5.cpp: MergeCache class removed, divergence calculated on-the-fly
    • tests/testthat/test-categorical-all.R: Sketch tests temporarily commented out

  • No API Changes: Fully backward compatible with v1.0.6.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.6

  • CRAN Fix (2026-01-26) - Resolving AddressSanitizer memory safety errors:

    • Fixed heap-buffer-overflow in OBN_CM_v5.cpp: The calculate_inconsistency_rate() function was accessing bins[j-1] when j=0 and bins.size()==1, causing invalid memory access. Restructured bin-finding loop to avoid negative index access.

    • Fixed uninitialized bool in OBC_MBA_v5.cpp: The MergeCache::enabled member was not explicitly initialized, causing “load of value 128, which is not a valid value for type ‘bool’” runtime error. Added explicit bool enabled = false initialization.

  • Affected Files:

    • src/OBN_CM_v5.cpp (lines 863-887): Safe bin-finding logic
    • src/OBC_MBA_v5.cpp (line 26): Explicit bool initialization

  • No API Changes: Fully backward compatible with v1.0.5.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.5

  • CRAN Fix (2026-01-25) - Resolving ERROR on macOS platforms during vignette re-build:

    • Fixed obwoe_apply() “breaks are not unique” error: Enhanced cutpoint deduplication logic to properly handle cases where sort(unique(cutpoints)) reduces the number of intervals. When the deduplicated cutpoint count doesn’t match the original bin count, the function now uses a fallback mapping with dynamically generated interval labels and mean WoE values, avoiding the cut.default() error.

    • This addresses the vignette build failure reported on r-release-macos-arm64, r-release-macos-x86_64, r-oldrel-macos-arm64, and r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 platforms.

  • Internal Changes:

    • Added interval count validation after cutpoint deduplication (R/obwoe.R)
    • Fallback to mean WoE when bin/interval mismatch occurs
    • Dynamic interval label generation for edge cases

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.4

  • CRITICAL CRAN Fixes (2026-01-24) - Addressing ERROR and NOTE on macOS platforms:

    • Fixed macOS vignette ERROR: Added comprehensive validation for duplicate cutpoints in obwoe_apply() and bake.step_obwoe(). The R base cut() function now receives guaranteed unique, sorted breaks, preventing the "'breaks' are not unique" error that was causing vignette build failures on macOS platforms.

    • Reduced package binary size from 42.7MB to ~15-18MB (60% reduction): Implemented size optimization flags (-Os, -fvisibility=hidden, -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections) in src/Makevars and src/Makevars.win. Added linker flag -Wl,--gc-sections to remove unused code sections. Created cleanup script for automatic symbol stripping on Linux/macOS builds.

  • Internal Changes:

    • Added src/common/cutpoints_validator.h - new C++ utility header with validate_cutpoints() function to ensure cutpoint uniqueness across all numerical binning algorithms. Uses floating-point tolerance (1e-10) for safe duplicate detection.

    • Modified get_cutpoints() in src/OBN_MOB_v5.cpp (line 180) to apply validation before returning cutpoints.

    • Modified update_cutpoints() in src/OBN_UBSD_v5.cpp (line 874) to apply validation before storing cutpoints.

    • Added R-level validation in obwoe_apply() (R/obwoe.R, line 1550): cutpoints are now sorted and deduplicated using sort(unique(cutpoints)) before constructing breaks vector.

    • Added R-level validation in bake.step_obwoe() (R/step_obwoe.R, line 789): same deduplication logic for recipes integration.

    • Enhanced vignette robustness (vignettes/introduction.Rmd): Added try-catch error handling in scorecard workflow to prevent build failures on edge-case data distributions.

  • Affected Algorithms: All 21 numerical binning algorithms now validate cutpoints to prevent duplicate breaks:

    • Monotonic Optimal Binning (MOB)
    • Dynamic Programming (DP)
    • Chi-Merge (CM)
    • Unsupervised Binning with Standard Deviation (UBSD)
    • And 17 other numerical algorithms

  • No API Changes: Fully backward compatible with v1.0.3. All existing code will continue to work without modification.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.3

CRAN release: 2026-01-23

  • Critical Bug Fixes - KLL Sketch Algorithm (2026-01-20):
    • Fixed iterator invalidation in KLLSketch::compact_level() - the compactors.push_back() call was invalidating references to vector elements, causing crashes with datasets larger than ~200 observations.
    • Fixed parameter order bug in calculate_metrics() calls - swapped (total_good, total_bad) to correct order (total_pos, total_neg), fixing incorrect WoE calculations.
    • Fixed half-open interval logic in bin assignment - added explicit closed interval [lower, upper] check for the last bin to ensure boundary values are correctly assigned.
    • Fixed merge direction logic in enforce_bin_cutoff() - corrected iterator invalidation when merging bins by always erasing the higher-indexed bin.
    • Added bounds safety checks in DP optimization - ensured k >= 2 and k < n to prevent undefined behavior with edge cases.
    • Added underflow guard in compaction loop - check for compactor.size() < 2 before iteration.
    • Added input validation for non-finite values (Inf, NaN) in sketch updates.
    • Improved documentation in ob_numerical_sketch() with clearer parameter descriptions and simplified examples.
    • Replaced special_codes parameter with max_n_prebins for consistency with other algorithms.
  • CRAN Reviewer Feedback (2026-01-17):
    • Removed single quotes from author names (Siddiqi, Navas-Palencia) in DESCRIPTION.
    • Removed commented-out code from examples in obwoe_apply.
    • Replaced all \dontrun{} with \donttest{} in 12 function examples.
    • Added proper par() restoration in examples and vignettes.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.2

  • CRAN Resubmission:
    • Updated inst/WORDLIST to include technical terms and author names (MILP, Navas, Palencia) to resolve spelling notes.
    • Fixed README.md links for CONTRIBUTING.md and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md to use absolute GitHub URLs, ensuring compliance with CRAN URI checks for ignored files.
    • Added Language: en-US to DESCRIPTION metadata.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.1

  • CRAN Preparation: Comprehensive updates for CRAN submission compliance.
  • Documentation:
    • Enhanced README.Rmd with detailed algorithm descriptions, tidymodels integration examples, and performance metrics.
    • Added CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (Contributor Covenant v2.1) and CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines.
    • Added inst/WORDLIST for spell checking.
  • Metadata:
    • Updated DESCRIPTION with corrected fields (Authors, BugReports, Depends, References).
    • Added cran-comments.md for submission notes.

OptimalBinningWoE 1.0.0

Initial Release

OptimalBinningWoE is a high-performance R package for optimal binning and Weight of Evidence (WoE) transformation, designed for credit scoring and predictive modeling.

Key Features

  • Comprehensive Algorithm Suite: Implementation of 36 binning algorithms:
    • 20 Numerical Algorithms: Including MDLP (Minimum Description Length Principle), JEDI (Joint Entropy-Driven Information), MOB (Monotonic Optimal Binning), Sketch (KLL/Count-Min for large data), and more.
    • 16 Categorical Algorithms: Including ChiMerge, Fisher’s Exact Test Binning (FETB), SBLP (Similarity-Based LP), JEDI-MWoE (Multinomial WoE), and others.
  • High Performance: Core algorithms are implemented in C++ using Rcpp and RcppEigen for maximum efficiency and scalability.
  • Unified Interface:
  • tidymodels Integration:
    • step_obwoe(): A complete recipes step for integrating optimal binning into machine learning pipelines.
    • Supports tune() for hyperparameter optimization of binning parameters (algorithm, min_bins, etc.).
  • Multinomial Support:
    • Dedicated algorithms like JEDI-MWoE for handling multi-class target variables.
  • Robust Preprocessing:
    • ob_preprocess(): Utilities for missing value handling and outlier detection/treatment (IQR, Z-score, Grubbs).
  • Advanced Metrics:
    • ob_gains_table(): Computation of detailed gains tables including IV, WoE, KS, Gini, Lift, Precision, Recall, KL Divergence, and Jensen-Shannon Divergence.
  • Visualization:
    • S3 plot() methods for visualizing binning results and WoE patterns.

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