[DMANET] New R package: HITSr: High-Performance Tabu Search in R - max score estimator

Dear all, I would like to announce the availability of a new R package, HITSr, now hosted on GitHub. The package provides parallel OpenMP C++ calculation of the maximum score estimator (Manski, 1975) using the Hyperplanes Intersection Tabu Search algorithm (Florios et al., 2025). It is intended for users working with binary choice models, mainly in Econometrics, and for developers who may want to integrate these routines into larger computational workflows. Key technical features: - Feature 1: HITS algorithm, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102164, added OpenMP functionality during the neighborhood exploration step - Feature 2: C++ under the hood for efficiency, R interface for ease of use - Feature 3: Rcpp integration - Feature 4: Solves the estimation of Manski (1975) estimator, https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(75)90032-9, without proving optimality, but supports large datasets (sample size, number of parameters) - Feature 5: Multiple-start runs demo example is provided in R Implementation details: - Written in R with Rcpp components where performance‑critical. - Documented via roxygen2; includes reproducible examples. - Supports Linux/macOS/Windows. - Tested on Windows. Repository: https://github.com/kflorios/hitsr Feedback on API design, portability, accuracy and speed is welcome. Best regards, Kostas Florios PhD Operational Research National Technical University of Athens ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************