[R] Courses - R/Splus Advanced Programming ***by the R Development Core Tean Guru In Seattle and San Francisco ***June/July***

[elvis at xlsolutions-corp.com]

   XLSolutions  Corporation  ([1]www.xlsolutions-corp.com)  is  proud  to
   announce
   our***   R/S  Advanced  Programming  ***courses  in  Seattle  and  San
   Francisco
   this summer by the R Development Core Team Guru!

   (1) R/Splus Advanced Programming *** Seattle/June 8-9, 2006 ***

                                   ***  San  Francisco / July 13-14, 2006
   ***

                  [2]http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/Radv.htm
   (2) R/Splus Fundamentals and Programming Techniques
                      *** Boston / June 29-30, 2006***
                       *** Seattle/June 5-6, 2006 ***
                  [3]http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/Rfund.htm
   Ask for group discount and reserve your seat Now - Earlybird Rates.
   Payment     due     after     the    class!    Email    Sue    Turner:
   [4]sue at xlsolutions-corp.com
   (1) R/Splus Advanced Programming

   Course Outline:

   - Overview of R/S fundamentals: Syntax and Semantics
   - Class and Inheritance in R/S-Plus
   - Concepts, Construction and good use of language objects
   - Coercion and efficiency
   - Object-oriented programming in R and S-Plus
   - Advanced manipulation tools: Parse, Deparse, Substitute, etc.
   - How to fully take advantage of Vectorization
   - Generic and Method Functions
   - Search path, databases and frames Visibility
   - Working with large objects
   - Handling Properly Recursion and iterative calculations
   - Managing loops; For (S-Plus) and for() loops
   - Consequences of Lazy Evaluation
   - Efficient Code practices for large computations
   - Memory management and Resource monitoring
   - Writing R/S-Plus functions to call compiled code
   - Writing and debugging compiled code for R/S-Plus system
   - Connecting R/S-Plus to External Data Sources
   - Understanding the structure of model fitting functions in R/S-Plus
   - Designing and Packaging efficiently a new model function
   It'll also deal with lots of S-Plus efficiency issues and any special
   topics from participants is welcome.

   (2) R/Splus Fundamentals and Programming Techniques

   Course outline.

   - An Overview of R and S
   - Data Manipulation and Graphics
   - Using Lattice Graphics
   - A Comparison of R and S-Plus
   - How can R Complement SAS?
   - Writing Functions
   - Avoiding Loops
   - Vectorization
   - Statistical Modeling
   - Project Management
   - Techniques for Effective use of R and S
   - Enhancing Plots
   - Using High-level Plotting Functions
   - Building and Distributing Packages (libraries)
   - Connecting; ODBC, Rweb, Orca via sockets and via Rjava

   Email us for group discounts.
   Email Sue Turner: [5]sue at xlsolutions-corp.com
   Phone: 206-686-1578
   Visit us: [6]www.xlsolutions-corp.com/training.htm
   Please let us know if you and your colleagues are interested in this
   class to take advantage of group discount. Register now to secure your
   seat!

   Cheers,
   Elvis Miller, PhD
   Manager Training.
   XLSolutions Corporation
   206 686 1578
   [7]www.xlsolutions-corp.com
   [8]elvis at xlsolutions-
   2 Courses - (1) R/Splus Advanced Programming (2) R/Splus Fundamentals

References

   1. http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/
   2. http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/Radv.htm
   3. http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/Rfund.htm
   4. mailto:sue at xlsolutions-corp.com
   5. mailto:sue at xlsolutions-corp.com
   6. http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/training.htm
   7. http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/
   8. mailto:elvis at xlsolutions