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Hi, does anyone know how to plot 3D parametric surface,e.g ellipsoid: x=a*cos(s)*cos(t), y=b*sin(s)*cos(t), z=sin(t); s in [0,2*pi], t in [-pi,pi]. Vytautas Maniusis, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Working - among other things- in the field of (short & long term) electricity forecast, we are now using too many & too expensive pieces of licensed software: SAS, SPSS, EViews. This "sedimentation" is due to the fact that my predecessors in the past used different consultant companies to manage each procedure. Having attended the useR2004! Conference with the aim of assessing

I've got a PhD student starting this year. She'll be working on data mining. She has asked for a reading list while she's still in her home country, which is a really good sign. Her cosupervisor and I don't (think we) have any problem with choosing things that are specifically about data mining, but there are some statistical ideas (sampling, exploratory-vs-confirmatory,