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From <http://www.R-project.org/about.html>:
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1998-05-04 17:53:35 +00:00
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R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
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It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment
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which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent
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Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a
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different implementation of S. There are some important differences,
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but much code written for S runs unaltered under R.
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R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling,
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classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification,
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clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible.
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The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistical
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methodology, and R provides an Open Source route to participation in that
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activity.
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One of R's strengths is the ease with which well-designed
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publication-quality plots can be produced, including mathematical symbols
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and formulae where needed. Great care has been taken over the defaults for
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the minor design choices in graphics, but the user retains full control.
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1999-10-11 23:25:51 +00:00
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2003-02-17 05:49:39 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.R-project.org/
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