\name{NEWS}
\title{NEWS}

\section{Changes in version 0.5.3}{
\itemize{
\item in case of non-availability of apVar, stop Taper_FIT_LME.f() with appropriate
error message, i.e. the value hold by element 'apVar' of the fitted lme-object
}
}

\section{Changes in version 0.5.2}{
\itemize{
\item improved calculation of approximate confidence intervals for diamter
estimation in E_DHx_HmDm_HT.f() in case of sHT > 0. Especially changed
smooth.spline estimation of confidence bands from fixed degrees of freedom
to all.knots=TRUE to more precisely follow the data, especially at the
lower stem part. Also updated the return list to reflect the approximate MSE
in all elements, not only in the confidence bounds (before, list elements
hold the information of expected taper curve, without the extra uncertainty
due to measurement error in tree height).
}
}

\section{Changes in version 0.5.1}{
\itemize{
\item added KOV_Mean and KOV_Pred to output of E_DHx_HmDm_HT.f()
}
}

\section{Changes in version 0.5.0}{
\itemize{
\item minor adjustments for submission to CRAN
}
}

\section{Changes in version 0.4.3}{
\itemize{
\item added function resVar() for more flexibility in residual error
assumptions, hence, changed and renamed the R0 interface: now called Rfn
awaiting a list instead of logical
}
}

\section{Changes in version 0.4.2}{
\itemize{
\item included 'R0'-interpolation to E_HDx_* and Hx_root.f
\item improved root-finding in E_Hdx_* so that error is avoided when taper
curve is not monotonically decreasing, which might happen rarely in rather
abnormal taper forms. The maximum height of searched diameter is returned.
}
}

\section{Changes in version 0.4.1}{
\itemize{
\item improved the XZ_BSPLINE.f()-function to make it faster. This
especially means that it does not return both X and Z matrices but only X or
Z as they are only dependent on order and knots.
}
}

