Changes in version 0.1.0 - Initial CRAN release. Exported functions Server management - start_server(): Launch the MIDAS2 Python API server. - stop_server(): Stop the running server. - ensure_server(): Start the server if it is not already running. Imputation - midas_fit(): Fit a MIDAS denoising autoencoder model. - midas_transform(): Generate multiple imputations from a fitted model. - midas(): All-in-one fit + transform convenience function. - imp_mean(): Compute element-wise mean across imputations. Analysis - combine(): Run Rubin's rules regression across imputations. Diagnostics - overimpute(): Overimputation diagnostic (mask-and-reimpute RMSE). Installation - install_backend(): Install the Python backend into an isolated environment.