A while back, I suggested to Achim to add a new CRAN Task View for High Performance Computing with R. And as of a day or two ago, we now have the new CRAN Task View for High Performance Computing with R providing an overview about available packages, grouped thematically, with a focus on the various parallel computing application. I have...
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Data Analysis and Graphics Using R – Maindonald and Braun (2003)
Title: Data Analysis and Graphics Using R: An Example-Based ApproachAuthor(s): John Maindonald; John BraunPublisher/Date: Cambridge University Press/2003Statistics level: Intermediate to advancedProgramming level: Beginner to intermediate Overall recom...
R Programmer – Calgary
Originally posted on r-sig-jobs listserv: Hello All, We are in ned of an R programmer for a project in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We need the person to be local as the project involves coordination of a series of experts. The project is only about 150...
Install JAGS and rjags in Fedora
JAGS was developed to help those non-Window users to be able to use BUGS. However, I found it is very hard to install JAGS and its R package-rjags. Here is my note on how to install JAGS and rjags in Fedora 10. The note here should work for all Linu...
Install JAGS and rjags in Fedora
JAGS was developed to help those non-Window users to be able to use BUGS. However, I found it is very hard to install JAGS and its R package-rjags. Here is my note on how to install JAGS and rjags in Fedora 10. The note here should work for all Linu...
R: Combining vectors or data frames of unequal length into one data frame
Today I will treat a problem I encounter every once in a while. Let’s suppose we have several dataframes or vectors of unequel length but with partly matching column names, just like the following ones:
df1 <- data.frame(Intercept = .4, x1=.4, x2=.2, x3=.7)
df2 <- data.frame(Intercept = .5, x2=.8 )
This for example may occur when fitting several 
Interesting tip about multicolor title of a plot
I'd like to suggest to take a look at this interesting post about creating a title with multi-coloured words.
EMBL Heidelberg seeks a Bioinformatician / Data Analyst
Originally posted on r-sig-jobs listserv:
Hello,
Might be interesting for some of you:
Bioinformatician / Data Analyst
Grade: 5 or 6, depending on experience
EMBL site: EMBL Heidelberg
Commencing date: As sooon as possible, after closing date (28 February 2009)
Vacancy postdoc computational systems biology – Amsterdam
Originally posted on r-sig-jobs listserv:
*Postdoc Position Computational Systems Biology 'Systems Bioinformatics: Computational Modelling Methods' f/m
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VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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*Research project *
Sweave.sh plays with weaver
After adding support for the cacheSweave package (see here) I have also added support for the weaver package to my Sweave.sh script. The experimental version is available here. After testing and feedback I will upload it to CRAN. One can use this new f...
Zero Inflated Models and Generalized Linear Mixed Models with R.
Zuur, Saveliev, Ieno (2012).
