Application
State-of-the-art statistical computing with powerful graphic possibilities.
Contact
webmaster@r-project.org
Estimated cost
Free
Progress
Stable release v.3.3.3 (GNU General Public License)
R provides a wide variety of statistical techniques such as linear and nonlinear modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification and clustering. The R environment is an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation and graphical display. It includes:
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An effective data handling and storage facility.
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A suite of operators for calculations on arrays.
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A large, coherent, integrated collection of intermediate tools for data analysis.
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Graphical facilities for data analysis and display.
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A well-developed, simple and effective programming language which includes conditionals, loops, user-defined recursive functions and input and output facilities.
R is a fully planned and coherent system. R, like S, is designed around a computer language, and it allows users to add additional functionality by defining new functions. R can be extended via packages. There are about eight packages supplied with the R distribution and many more are available through the CRAN family of Internet sites covering a very wide range of modern statistics.
Much of the system is written in the R dialect of S, which makes it easy for users to follow the algorithmic choices made. For computationally-intensive tasks, C, C++ and Fortran code can be linked and called at run time. Advanced users can write C code to manipulate R objects directly. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of operative systems such as FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and MacOS.
Publications
R Foundation
The R Foundation is a not for profit organization working in the public interest. It was founded by the members of the R Core Team in order to provide support for the R project and other innovations in statistical computing. It is a reference point for individuals, institutions or commercial enterprises that want to support or interact with the R development community, and to hold and administer the copyright of R software and documentation.