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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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101
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Computing
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| Abstract - #300086 |
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Title:
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Some Developments for the R Engine
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Author(s):
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Luke Tierney*+
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Companies:
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University of Iowa
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Address:
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Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Iowa City, IA, 52242,
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Keywords:
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computing environment ;
compilation ;
parallel computing
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Abstract:
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The R language for statistical computing and graphics has become a major framework for both statistical practice and research. This talk will describe some current efforts on improvements to the core computational engine, including work on compilation of R code and efforts to take advantage of multiple processor cores.
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