Dear list, there are now >400 packages available on CRAN. Would it be useful to classify these packages according to what they do (e.g. classification, graphics, spatial statistics), to assist the user in finding the appropriate package for their problem? Or perhaps the search facility is enough. I would attempt such a classification, but my knowledge of statistical methods isn't good enough. Dan Bebber Department of Plant Sciences University of Oxford UK
dan, good idea. i propose an additional field called 'keywords' to the package source file 'description'. this would be better than a single taxonomy of packages. Robert Sams SANCTUM FI LLP email: robert at sanctumfi.com Authorised and Regulated by the FSA. Sending encrypted mail: See http://pgp.mit.edu (search string 'sanctumfi') for updates. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBEHVOaIRBAC3kUplVB1o00GQXU9TkKmMWz/LiknbhLgDPBZ+1nw1ffb2FpXW mYet2yja8YIG3H2LnVla1WGVyfAyZ+QRmnUgm2hOnP7LNZIoHctnGqLmtQvOXvHz xoDonFAl/ztBFE9aNPbiL4nlgdz9GS6LN6hbw9GTdYGip71QhaeVIRR3HwCgySSl rUtSV8C7nbHR9C+zwku3EpMD/0yoq1R4lQgJGNbyjzzCRWRblK5cKLh1XUYG3JSc ltLhoCZMvR+359FUSz+jEbbJaLRpquX48Wjv+7WW5KNVm2nPHSZrZ6tr+nm/ov1Y DQxbIvBHxLXxltDWJlL/gg3bPaSIRlj/KVw0fB0NU1b25eGFRTtlHEvkAROj92sv MiaSA/9jjEi2H0+yWujcBxJ6syUjWLlgRxvm85sJBihyan4ufAMFRria+QKx7ZMf A7MNJ+r7ULdqCPsPdZP3kC7GNfLXBzizy3d2HSB/0oB7AjIoXrYyQvXQjFNQQX+u XjeRGhALxou3H1NEPiCiHJiiaPU6Uh+KYhBCDOYZpc82FgKwWLQzUm9iZXJ0IFNh bXMgKFNhbmN0dW0gRkkgTExQKSA8cm9iZXJ0QHNhbmN0dW1maS5jb20+iF0EExEC AB0FAkHVOaIFCQHhM4AFCwcKAwQDFQMCAxYCAQIXgAAKCRB4Q4+orHX8Yk0hAJ9+ odzCRiih6wZz4NOOSVboJP+lngCeNvFGVxVQW35/qpTaF6wsym9jehi5AQ0EQdU5 oxAEALZEnBUQqKiF/gUqK7zyLJarsVxGsmuj0pkV5gFwCbChA4RA7QgHjknJT3Qd jLUJOa+rW49WtbDCOBv+VOVp//gLROByZpizW4BYaOw01kI9emMuoc6el6nYXarJ 6aZcA84IFBifdi2a8lB3ofhQuWc/YmxLjcOKbkaIC9lUYHrzAAMGA/0RRhkXCHCL zRSQj+7nSBE4MTeMJycdytl1wnpWkRUa8MoUYBF6/3oiyCnO9bHbOAkQrULSWRLA YsUJv0c1b6Dht5LVChGikJqKgCzWVEVUI7ob0F2LctvDxhZLlCctHapFGZn9+6pi rZW+2XkBmbqhJ8ybKsRAIJNy7OV3sIHoVYhMBBgRAgAMBQJB1TmjBQkB4TOAAAoJ EHhDj6isdfxizmIAn3I/mZyfAuBNZl0lG+9XpAhR80ThAKDAJEnXrH8dX30rRwDz 1mgpwRYCiw==59j7 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Bebber [mailto:danbebber at yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:40 PM > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] R package classification > > > Dear list, > > there are now >400 packages available on CRAN. > Would it be useful to classify these packages > according to what they do (e.g. classification, > graphics, spatial statistics), to assist the user in > finding the appropriate package for their problem? Or > perhaps the search facility is enough. > I would attempt such a classification, but my > knowledge of statistical methods isn't good enough. > > Dan Bebber > > Department of Plant Sciences > University of Oxford > UK > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Dan Bebber wrote:> Dear list, > > there are now >400 packages available on CRAN. > Would it be useful to classify these packages > according to what they do (e.g. classification, > graphics, spatial statistics), to assist the user in > finding the appropriate package for their problem? Or > perhaps the search facility is enough. > I would attempt such a classification, but my > knowledge of statistical methods isn't good enough.We are currently playing around with a concept of "task views" for CRAN. The idea is that there are maintained "views" on CRAN that highlight which CRAN packages are useful for, say, biostats, econometrics, machine learning, etc. So there should be a web page giving a summary and a package list that could also be queried for automatic package installation. Although there is some prototype code, this still needs more refinement and discussions etc. But I hope there will be something useful in the not so distant future. Z> Dan Bebber > > Department of Plant Sciences > University of Oxford > UK > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >