v.0.3.0

New features

• New function - links_wf_probabilistic(). Probabilistic record
  linkage.
• New function - partitions(). Spilt events into sections in time.
• New function - schema(). Plot schema diagrams for pid, epid,
  pane and number_line objects.
• New functions - encode() and decode(). Encoding and decoding
  slots values to minimise memory usage.
• New argument - case_sub_criteria and recurrence_sub_criteria in
  episodes(). Additional matching conditions for temporal links.
• New argument - case_length_total and recurrence_length_total in
  episodes(). Number of temporal links required for a
  window/episode.
• New argument - recursive in links(). Control if matches can
  spawn new matches.
• New argument - check_duplicates in links(). Control the checking
  of logical tests on duplicate values. If FALSE, results are
  recycled for the duplicates.
• as.data.frame and as.list for the pid, number_line, epid,
  pane objects.
• A new type of episode - “recursive” episodes.
• recurrence_from_last renamed to reference_event and given two
  new options.
• Optimised episodes() and links(). Speed improvements.

Changes

• Default time zone for an epid_interval or pane_interval with
  POSIXct objects is now “GMT”.
• number_line_sequence() - splits number_line objects. Also
  available as a seq method.
• epid_total, pid_total and pane_total slots are populated by
  default. No need to used group_stats to get these.
• to_df() - Removed. Use as.data.frame() instead.
• to_s4() - Now an internal function. It’s no longer exported.
• compress_number_line() - Now an internal function. It’s no longer
  exported. Use episodes() instead.
• sub_criteria() - produces a sub_criteria object. Nested “AND”
  and “OR” conditions are now possible.
• case_overlap_methods, recurrence_overlap_methods and
  overlap_methods now take integer codes for different
  combinations of overlap methods. See overlap_methods$options for
  the full list. character inputs are still supported.

Bug fixes

• "Single-record" was wrong in links summary output. Resolved.