R help - May 2006 - 2 Courses - (1) R/Splus Advanced Programming (2) R/Splus Fundamentals in Seattle - June 2006

XLSolutions  Corporation  ([1]www.xlsolutions-corp.com)  is  proud  to
   announce
   2 courses in Seattle this June (Same week!).

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

                  [2]http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/Radv.htm

   (1) R/Splus Fundamentals and Programming Techniques
                      *** San Francisco/ May 25-26, 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) June 8-9, 2006 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) June 5-6, 2006 R/Splus Fundamentals and Programming Techniques
                            (San Francisco / May 25-26)
   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
   in Seattle - June 2006

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