How to cite the R package irace

irace is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/irace/index.html. By citing R packages in your paper you lay the grounds for others to be able to reproduce your analysis and secondly you are acknowledging the time and work people have spent creating the package.

APA citation

Formatted according to the APA Publication Manual 7^th edition. Simply copy it to the References page as is.

APA

The minimal requirement is to cite the R package in text along with the version number. Additionally, you can include the reference list entry the authors of the irace package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the irace package (v3.4.1; López-Ibáñez et al., 2016).

Reference list entry

López-Ibáñez, M., Dubois-Lacoste, J., Pérez Cáceres, L., Birattari, M., & Stützle, T. (2016). The irace package: Iterated racing for automatic algorithm configuration. Operations Research Perspectives, 3, 43–58.

Vancouver citation

Formatted according to Vancouver style. Simply copy it to the references section as is.

Vancouver

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the irace package v3.4.1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
López-Ibáñez M, Dubois-Lacoste J, Pérez Cáceres L, Birattari M, Stützle T. The irace package: Iterated racing for automatic algorithm configuration. Oper Res Perspect. 2016;3:43–58.

BibTeX

Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Lopez-Ibanez2016-af,
  title     = "The irace package: Iterated racing for automatic algorithm
               configuration",
  author    = "L{\'o}pez-Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez, Manuel and Dubois-Lacoste,
               J{\'e}r{\'e}mie and P{\'e}rez C{\'a}ceres, Leslie and Birattari,
               Mauro and St{\"u}tzle, Thomas",
  journal   = "Oper. Res. Perspect.",
  publisher = "Elsevier BV",
  volume    =  3,
  pages     = "43--58",
  year      =  2016,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2016.09.002",
  copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "2214-7160",
  doi       = "10.1016/j.orp.2016.09.002"
}

RIS

Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - López-Ibáñez, Manuel
AU  - Dubois-Lacoste, Jérémie
AU  - Pérez Cáceres, Leslie
AU  - Birattari, Mauro
AU  - Stützle, Thomas
TI  - The irace package: Iterated racing for automatic algorithm configuration
T2  - Oper. Res. Perspect.
VL  - 3
SP  - 43-58
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016
PB  - Elsevier BV
SN  - 2214-7160
DO  - 10.1016/j.orp.2016.09.002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2016.09.002
ER  -

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irace R package release history

Version	Release date
3.4	2020-03-30
3.3	2019-04-27
3.2	2019-04-24
3.1	2018-07-12
3.0	2018-07-05
2.4	2017-08-03
2.3	2017-04-26
2.2	2017-03-24
2.1	2016-10-18
2.0	2016-10-08
1.07	2015-09-11
1.06	2014-11-26
1.05	2014-07-10
1.04	2013-06-09
1.03	2013-01-15
1.02	2012-10-12
1.01	2012-03-19
1.0	2012-02-08