Monthly Archives: August 2012

If you are into large data and work a lot with package ff

August 8, 2012
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If you are into large data and work a lot with package ff

The ff package is a great and efficient way of working with large datasets. 
One of the main reasons why I prefer to use it above other packages that allow working with large datasets is that it is a complete set of tools.
When comparing it to the other open source 'bigdata' packages in R
  1. It is not...

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Get a path to your Dropbox folder

August 8, 2012
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I am currently designing my RStudio - Dropbox - Mardown/Knitter/Wordpress - Github workflow. One problem is that working on multiple machines with different version of Windows means I somehow need to tell R where my Dropbox folder is located.I used to ...

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Rainfall Amount Flooding Quezon City Philippines

August 8, 2012
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Rainfall Amount Flooding Quezon City Philippines

The rainfall received by Quezon City, Philippines was almost double of what the city normally receive for the entire month of August, causing flooding and land slide to various villages in the area.

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Manipulating Data Frames Using sqldf – A Brief Overview

August 8, 2012
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By Josh Mills

Introduction

For those who are learning R and who may be well-versed in SQL, the sqldf package provides a mechanism to manipulate R data frames using SQL. Even for experienced R programmers, sqldf can be a useful tool for data manipulation. This site provides a useful introduction to SQL.

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Project Euler — problem 17

August 8, 2012
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It has been two weeks since my last post on the 16th Euler problem. Now, since I just need a break after supper, I’m coming the 17th problem. If the numbers 1 to 5 are written out in words: one, … Continue reading

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Creating Olympic Medal Treemap Visualisations Using OTS R Libraries

August 7, 2012
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Creating Olympic Medal Treemap Visualisations Using OTS R Libraries

In London Olympics 2012 Medal Tables At A Glance? I posted some treemap visualisations of the Olympics medal tables generated using a Google Visualisation Chart treemap component. I thought it might be worth posting a quick R generated example too, using the off-the-shelf/straight out of CRAN treemap component. (If you want to play along, download

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An analysis of the r-help mailing list

August 7, 2012
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An analysis of the r-help mailing list

Even though forums and question-and-answer services like StackOverflow are emerging as the place to find crowdsourced technical help when using software like R, the traditional r-help email list is still going strong. UCLA grad student and R user Richard Kwock presented a poster at last month's JSM conference with an analysis of traffic on the list, showing it's still...

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How to load the {rJava} package after the error “JAVA_HOME cannot be determined from the Registry”

August 7, 2012
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In case you tried loading a package that depends on the {rJava} package (by Simon Urbanek), you might came across the following error: Loading required package: rJava library(rJava) Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for ‘rJava’, details: call: fun(libname, pkgname) …

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48 Industries Since 1963

August 7, 2012
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48 Industries Since 1963

Please see http://timelyportfolio.blogspot.com/search/label/horizonplot for all horizon plot posts. Once more thanks to Ken French for his data, we can accomplish something I think is fairly amazing.  In 640x800, we can see 250 day rollling return...

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August 6-7 Rainfall on Metro Manila

August 7, 2012
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August 6-7 Rainfall on Metro Manila

Majority of Metro Manila is affected by floods. Looking at the hourly data from PAGASA weather  station located at Bicutan, Taguig, the graph below will gave the viewers of this blog on the rainfall situation in Manila from August 6 (12:00am)-7(11...

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