RE: [R] Extracting means for given strata from dissimilarity obje ct

2003-01-09 Thread Grum, Mikkel [IPGRI-SSA-Nairobi]
Thanks Martin. This gives me some ideas, but doesn't quite solve my problem of getting the mean within-species distances (perhaps I hadn't expressed that clearly enough). I'm thinking in lines of something like: tapply(as.matrix(iris.dist), iris$Species, mean) except that that doesn't work, beca

[R] Mutual Information, Transfer Entropy etc

2003-01-09 Thread Chris Mellen
Hi All, I am searching for a package/code which will let me undertake "Information Theoretic"- type analyses of (a) timeseries. Specifically, functions for calculating (Auto) Mutual Information, Transfer Entropy & the like are required. The "tseries" package used to have an "amif" function which d

[R] The options for device

2003-01-09 Thread Changxuan Mao
Hi, I complied the R-1.6.1 source file on my 386 debian linux system. However, I cannot get graphical output from the screen. The options(device) is set to postscript > getOption("device") [1] "postscript" After I change it to X11 ( as shown in my R 1.5.1 version on the same system) it says tha

[R] Course***R/Splus programming III ***February 2003

2003-01-09 Thread Elvis Miller, PhD
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Re: [R] tclVar Question

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Dalgaard BSA
"Jason Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All... > > In an attempt to read data from a file and feed it into a tcltk entry > box, I've run into difficulties. The following hopefully describes my > dilemma: > > tclvalue(x.var) <- 5 > Works fine. > > tclvalue("x.var") <- 5 > Does not work.

RE: [R] Warnings with no INDEX file in a package.

2003-01-09 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David > Kane Sent: den 10 januari 2003 08:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [R] Warnings with no INDEX file in a package. > > > In previous versions of R (at least in 1.5.1, I think), my > pra

Re: [R] using arima() function

2003-01-09 Thread Yan Yu
Thank you all for the info. It works:) yan On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > library(ts) is needed. > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Yan Yu wrote: > > > HI, there, > > When i use R, i tried to use function arima(), it complains: > > Error: couldn't find function "arima" > > > > But when I

[R] tclVar Question

2003-01-09 Thread Jason Fisher
Hi All... In an attempt to read data from a file and feed it into a tcltk entry box, I've run into difficulties. The following hopefully describes my dilemma: tclvalue(x.var) <- 5 Works fine. tclvalue("x.var") <- 5 Does not work. [Error: Target of assignment expands to non-language object] t

Re: [R] Access to R from a remote location - follow up

2003-01-09 Thread Michael A. Miller
> "Martin" == Martin Renner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Following up on Erick's post, does anybody know whether it > is possible to start a lengthy batch-job in R, then > log-out/break a dial-up connection (while R is still > running) and later pick-up the R outfile? I have

Re: [R] Elements of a character vector in different colours?

2003-01-09 Thread jasont
> is it possible to format elements of a character vector in different colors > and how would this be achieved? On graphs, with the text() command. Colour isn't an inherient property of a character vector. .. > outcome <- c("positive","negative","neutral") > forecast <- 60 > int <- c(55,65) > #

Re: [R] Access to R from a remote location - follow up

2003-01-09 Thread Roger Peng
This is possible because I've done it many times. But I think whether or not your job gets killed when you log out depends on your shell/operating system. -roger ___ UCLA Department of Statistics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~rpeng On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Ma

Re: [R] Warnings with no INDEX file in a package.

2003-01-09 Thread Jeff Gentry
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, David Kane I have read the suggested sections of the manual. It would seem to me that I > should be able to continue to follow my prior practice by turning off the > warning for missing INDEX. Certainly, the fact that R CMD build creates an > INDEX for you if one is not presen

Re: [R] Access to R from a remote location - follow up

2003-01-09 Thread Martin Renner
Following up on Erick's post, does anybody know whether it is possible to start a lengthy batch-job in R, then log-out/break a dial-up connection (while R is still running) and later pick-up the R outfile? Martin Renner At 1:12 PM -0500 1/9/03, Erick Edwards wrote: Currently, our organization

[R] Warnings with no INDEX file in a package.

2003-01-09 Thread David Kane
In previous versions of R (at least in 1.5.1, I think), my practice was not to include an INDEX file in the package. R CMD check did not complain and an INDEX was created for me when I use R CMD build. At least, this is how I remember it. I thought that this was a good way to behave since it ensur

Re: [R] using arima() function

2003-01-09 Thread ripley
library(ts) is needed. On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Yan Yu wrote: > HI, there, > When i use R, i tried to use function arima(), it complains: > Error: couldn't find function "arima" > > But when I type "help.search("arima") ", > I got arima() poped up.. > > arima(ts) ARIMA Modelling of

Re: [R] using arima() function

2003-01-09 Thread Sundar Dorai-Raj
Hi Yan, Yan Yu wrote: HI, there, When i use R, i tried to use function arima(), it complains: Error: couldn't find function "arima" But when I type "help.search("arima") ", I got arima() poped up.. arima(ts) ARIMA Modelling of Time Series arima.sim(ts) Simulate fro

[R] using arima() function

2003-01-09 Thread Yan Yu
HI, there, When i use R, i tried to use function arima(), it complains: Error: couldn't find function "arima" But when I type "help.search("arima") ", I got arima() poped up.. arima(ts) ARIMA Modelling of Time Series arima.sim(ts) Simulate from an ARIMA Model arima0(

Re: [R] Access to R from a remote location

2003-01-09 Thread Paul Gilbert
Erick Edwards wrote: > > Currently, our organization grants some employees remote access to SAS > and other software through a secure Citrix-based network server. We > would like to install R on a dedicated network server and enable remote > access through Citrix. Is this possible? If so, what

Re: [R] Access to R from a remote location

2003-01-09 Thread A.J. Rossini
> "erick" == Erick Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: erick> Currently, our organization grants some employees remote access to SAS erick> and other software through a secure Citrix-based network server. We erick> would like to install R on a dedicated network server and enable r

Re: [R] Access to R from a remote location

2003-01-09 Thread Jonathan Baron
On 01/09/03 13:12, Erick Edwards wrote: >Currently, our organization grants some employees remote access to SAS >and other software through a secure Citrix-based network server. We >would like to install R on a dedicated network server and enable remote >access through Citrix. Is this possible?

[R] Access to R from a remote location

2003-01-09 Thread Erick Edwards
Currently, our organization grants some employees remote access to SAS and other software through a secure Citrix-based network server. We would like to install R on a dedicated network server and enable remote access through Citrix. Is this possible? If so, what additional software would we nee

Re: [R] Maps in R

2003-01-09 Thread Stefano Calza
Hi, is anyone aware of a website where I can download the italian maps for free? TIA, Stefano > Hi, > > There a package called RArcInfo (which I've written) which can import > data maps in ESRI E00 files and Arc/Info V 7.x binary coverages. > Besides, it provides several functions to plot maps.

Re: [R] lattice default theme

2003-01-09 Thread Deepayan Sarkar
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 11:27 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a feeling that this was already discussed here, but I cannot > remember the outcome of the discussion. > > I would like to have the col.whitebg theme as a default and I cannot figure > out how to do it. Functions like lset or

[R] aggregate() nlevels()

2003-01-09 Thread Tord Snall
Dear all, I try to calculate the number of occurring levels, per ObjektID, of cpy.busk$TradArt, but this line returns the TOTAL number of levels occurring in cpy.busk$TradArt for each ObjektID. This was difficult to say in English! Did you get it? Is there any function for doing what I want. I

[R] Elements of a character vector in different colours?

2003-01-09 Thread Pfaff, Bernhard
Dear R-List, is it possible to format elements of a character vector in different colors and how would this be achieved? Problem: Suppose, you have a model for forecasting purposes. Beside the forecast [variable: 'forecast' in the example below] a forecast interval is also computed [variable: 'in

Re: [R] GAM with Thin plate splines

2003-01-09 Thread Simon Wood
The default basis for smooth terms in mgcv is a truncated thin plate spline basis, and has been since the later part of 2001. Including terms like `s(x,z)', `s(x0,x1,x2)' in the model formula is the way to include such terms (see help files, and examples therin). best, Simon > Last time I worked

Re: [R] GAM with Thin plate splines

2003-01-09 Thread Simon Wood
> My goal is to find a model (GAM with thin plate splines) in R. > I found the function "gam" in the R-library "mgcv", but it just fits > one-dimensial splines. - Unless you have an exceedingly ancient version of mgcv (<0.6), it *does* allow spline smooths of more than one variable. ?gam contains

Re: [R] exporting graphs

2003-01-09 Thread Marc Schwartz
Jesús Fernández Gálvez wrote: Dear all, Could you please give me an idea of how to export graphs from R to a word processor? I normally use Microsoft Word for writing but when trying to put graphs from R on the documents the quality get very low. I have tried both, copy and paste into Word (bitm

Re: [R] exporting graphs

2003-01-09 Thread ripley
I suspect the problem is with Word, not R. Exporting as a metafile (or even cut-and-paste) and including in Word works well *provided* your printer is capable of high quality (e.g. a postscript printer). Avoid the bitmap options, and use wmf, postscript or pdf for inclusion in other documents. O

[R] exporting graphs

2003-01-09 Thread Jesús Fernández Gálvez
Dear all, Could you please give me an idea of how to export graphs from R to a word processor? I normally use Microsoft Word for writing but when trying to put graphs from R on the documents the quality get very low. I have tried both, copy and paste into Word (bitmap and metafile), and save the

Re: [R] GAM with Thin plate splines

2003-01-09 Thread Ernesto Jardim
Hi Last time I worked with it (last year) there was no tps. And rkales is not finding it also. EJ On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:55, Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote: > Ernesto Jardim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi > > > > Im package gss there are functions for tps, see "ssanova". > > gam in mgcv fit

[R] Installing R-Excel Interface - Help requested (long)

2003-01-09 Thread Herbert_Desson
Dear All, I have attempted to install the R-Excel Interface with poor results. The version of R is 1.6.1, the version of R-Excel is 1.0, the version of COM is 0.99. All of these were downloaded Monday, 6 January 2003. R (version 1.6.1) is installed on the machine and appears to run correctly o

Re: [R] axis() color from 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2003-01-09 Thread Martin Maechler
> "partha" == partha bagchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:02:31 -0500 writes: partha> I see that the definition of axis() has changed from partha> 1.5.1 to 1.6.1 (as mentioned in the news file for partha> 1.6.0). Axis now has a color argument to change it's

Re: [R] GAM with Thin plate splines

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Dalgaard BSA
Ernesto Jardim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > Im package gss there are functions for tps, see "ssanova". gam in mgcv fits thin plate splines, where was the problem??? -- O__ Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(

Re: [R] GAM with Thin plate splines

2003-01-09 Thread Ernesto Jardim
Hi Im package gss there are functions for tps, see "ssanova". Regards EJ On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I'm a student at the University of Klagenfurt / Austria and I > need some help ! > I have to predict 24 daily load-values. > Therefor I got a dataset with fo

Re: [R] Generating .R and .Rd files with Sweave/noweb?

2003-01-09 Thread Bjørn-Helge Mevik
Paul You're right. My primary goal was to write all the code and documentation in one file, and split this into one .R file and multiple .Rd files. I got the idea of using Sweave/noweb because I'm using Emacs with ESS, and I'd like to be in R-mode when I'm in a code part of the file, and in Rd-m

[R] GAM with Thin plate splines

2003-01-09 Thread rkales
Hello, I'm a student at the University of Klagenfurt / Austria and I need some help ! I have to predict 24 daily load-values. Therefor I got a dataset with following colums: 24 past daily load-values 6 past daily temperature-values My goal is to find a model (GAM with thin plate splines) in R. I

Re: [R] pairs

2003-01-09 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Sounds like the problem is in your X server and not in R. I've seen this with Xfree (and don't use that myself on Linux). 1) I suggest you try a postscript() device, and convert later if you need to. Expect a very large file size. 2) Don't plot all the points. You say you have a `very large da