[R] FastICA

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, someone with no signature wrote:

> Maura E Monville <maura.monville <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> Is the FastICA R implementation as good as the MatLab Implementation ?
>> I would appreciate talking to someone who has used FastICA for R.
>
> The fastICA packages for Matlab and R (and there is even a version for Python)
> have a common origin at the Helsinki University of Technology. I regularly use

Have you actually looked at the R one?  The code has no connection with 
Helsinki University of Technology.  'Credit where credit is due' and all 
that.

> Matlab and R, not seeing much of a difference in packages like these.
>
> //  Hans Werner Borchers

Or quite possibly someone else using Mr Borchers name.

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