[R] Re: bootstrap and nls

2004-07-24 Thread Patrick Giraudoux
Hi, Just a recap on the trials done based on Spencer Grave, Bervin A Turlach and Christian Ritz's advise. On their suggestion, the trouble mentioned has well been turned using the function try() (using the algorithm plinear unstead of default was unsuccessful) in the following way:

Re: [R] R on AMD64 (Opteron)

2004-07-24 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Asselin Jerome wrote: Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had good experiences using R on Linux with dual AMD64 (Opteron) processors. I'm thinking of buying a couple of such servers, but I'd like to make sure R would work fine. The R Installation and Administration

RE: [R] ts to irts

2004-07-24 Thread Philippe Grosjean
... huummm, it seems you miss the functions in the PASTECS package. You will find there all you need to answer your question: - regul.screen(), which tests different time intervals and starting values and determines which one is the best (that is, which combinaison leads to the lower number of

Re: [R] R on AMD64 (Opteron)

2004-07-24 Thread Andrew Robinson
Professor Ripley, which operating system are you using for these servers, please? Thanks, Andrew - Original Message - From: Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:41 pm Subject: Re: [R] R on AMD64 (Opteron) On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Asselin Jerome wrote:

Re: [R] nlme parameters in nlmeControl

2004-07-24 Thread Douglas Bates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all. I'm doing a simulation study where I will be making use of the 'nlme' package. I want to loosen up the convergence criteria so that I increase the likelihood of convergence (potentially at the cost of obtaining slightly less than ideal results). The parameters

Re: [R] gaussian model of 3d surface

2004-07-24 Thread Martin Maechler
Alan == Alan Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:35:08 -0600 writes: Alan Hi all, I'm working with radar remote sensing data and Alan want to measure the height of 3d spikes created by Alan backscatter from bright objects. My thought is to fit Alan a gaussian

[R] Re: bootstrap and nls

2004-07-24 Thread Spencer Graves
I would think that having to eliminate close to 10% of bootstrap samples could be an issue. Have you considered using myboot-boot(Raies,dif.param,R=1000, sim=permutation) Permutation testing does sampling without replacement rather than sampling with replacement.

[R] Population simulation.

2004-07-24 Thread assuncao . senra
Hello, can anyone tell me if R has any special function for simulating the structure of human populations? Something like the genetic algorithm? I need to simulate a sample of a population with a specific structure. Is there something on R that can help me? Thanks to everyone.

Re: [R] Population simulation.

2004-07-24 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, can anyone tell me if R has any special function for simulating the structure of human populations? Something like the genetic algorithm? I need to simulate a sample of a population with a specific structure. Is there something on R that can help me? Please be

Re: [R] gcc on AIX is not compatile with R-1.9.1

2004-07-24 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Liao, Kexiao wrote: Hi Uwe Liqqes, Does the successful compilation for R-1.9.1 on AIX 5.1 depend on the IBM AIX compiler for C and C++ (xlc/xlC)? gcc on AIX is not compatible with R1.9.1. Are you using g77 or IBM's Fortran? In the past I found that gcc was not

Re: [R] Complex Surveys...Specifying Design

2004-07-24 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Tobias Verbeke wrote: I guess the most common way of proceeding is to first stratify, and then to sample clusters independently within each stratum. If this is the case, your data file can be put together like stratum psu ... 1 1 1

Re: [R] help(package)-sink()

2004-07-24 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Spencer Graves wrote: I wanted to direct packageInfo to a file, so I could add comments, e.g., in MS Word. The following command stored the desired information in an object: mclustInfo - help(package=mclust) Then mclustInfo displays it on my screen.

Re: [R] help(package)-sink()

2004-07-24 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:06:02 -0700, Spencer Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to direct packageInfo to a file, so I could add comments, e.g., in MS Word. The following command stored the desired information in an object: mclustInfo - help(package=mclust) Then

Re: [R] help(package)-sink()

2004-07-24 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Spencer Graves spencer.graves at pdf.com writes: : : I wanted to direct packageInfo to a file, so I could add comments, : e.g., in MS Word. The following command stored the desired information : in an object: : : mclustInfo - help(package=mclust) : : Then mclustInfo displays it

Re: [R] help(package)-sink()

2004-07-24 Thread Spencer Graves
Thanks to Tom Lumley and Duncan Murdoch for explaining that this was a feature not a bug and to Gabor Grothendieck for providing several ways to get around the problem. (Please excuse, Gabor: I should have said I was using R 1.9.1 under Windows 2000.) 1. I failed to make method 1

[R] R on AMD64 (Opteron)

2004-07-24 Thread Jose Quesada
Also, I'm curious... Not that this would be my first choice for a server, but... Anyone running Windows XP 64-Bit Edition? Any success compiling R? On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:07:18 +1000, Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Professor Ripley, which operating system are you using for these

Re: [R] help(package)-sink()

2004-07-24 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Spencer Graves spencer.graves at pdf.com writes: : 1. I failed to make method 1 work, though I've done that kind of : thing in the past, and I believe I could make it work if I had to. : I am using R 1.9.1 patched on Windows XP and at least there it seems to work. I did notice that I

[R] using ylab=expression()

2004-07-24 Thread Antonio Olinto
Hi, A question about expression() In a plot ylab=expression(log(C[L,L+1] *Delta* t)) works ylab=expression(log(C[L,L+1] %/% t)) also works but ylab=expression(log(C[L,L+1] %/% *Delta* t)) does not work? What I'm missing? Which would be the proper sintaxe? Thanks for any help. Sincerely,

Re: [R] using ylab=expression()

2004-07-24 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Antonio Olinto aolinto_r at bignet.com.br writes: : : Hi, : : A question about expression() : : In a plot : : ylab=expression(log(C[L,L+1] *Delta* t)) works : : ylab=expression(log(C[L,L+1] %/% t)) also works : : but : : ylab=expression(log(C[L,L+1] %/% *Delta* t)) does not work? : : What