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xaiHydro 0.1.0 (2026-09-24)

Authors

• Sadikul Islam [aut, cre] — ICAR-IISWC Dehradun; [email protected]
• Shakir Ali [aut] — ICAR-IISWC Dehradun
• Rajesh Kaushal [aut] — ICAR-IISWC Dehradun

Changes in this release

Authors updated

• Added Shakir Ali as co-author (aut) in DESCRIPTION, all R file headers, xaiHydro-package.R, .onAttach() message, and README.md.
• All three authors now listed throughout the package.

Forbidden files removed (CRAN compliance)

• Deleted LICENSE, LICENSE.md (GPL-3 needs no external file).
• Deleted .Rhistory, .Rproj.user/ (RStudio user files must not be shipped).
• No GitHub URLs in DESCRIPTION or README.

Book chapter citation updated

• Description field and package-level documentation now reference the full five-author book chapter: Islam, Dheeraj, Ali, Kaushal & Venkatesh (2026), Springer Hydro-Climate Analytics volume.

New reference added

• Zounemat-Kermani & Kheimi (2026) systematic review (180 studies, 9 domains, Water Resources Management) added to xaiHydro-package.R @references.

Bug fixes carried forward from development

• hydro_importance(): loss_function default changed from character "rmse" to DALEX::loss_root_mean_square (DALEX >= 2.4 API change).
• hydro_residuals(): recomputes predictions directly from explainer$y and explainer$predict_function to avoid DALEX version-dependent column names.
• hydro_lime(): .lime_r2() helper safely extracts R-squared across iml versions (0.10 and 0.11+) returning NA_real_ when unavailable.
• plot_breakdown_hydro(): make.unique() prevents duplicate factor level error.
• .Rbuildignore updated to exclude .Rhistory and .Rproj.user.