[R] purpose of the set.seed(function)

[Jan Kim]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 02:42:42PM +0300, Charles Thuo wrote:
> what is the purpose of the subject function

please see rule #6 of "Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational
Research" [Sandve et.al., PLoS Comput Biol 9(10): e1003285
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003285]

Can't resist this opportunity to spread the word about this article.

Best regards, Jan

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