For "image analysis" and general image processing in R, please check EBImage from bioconductor (www.bioconductor.org). Best, Oleg
Ben Bolker wrote: > Ali - <saveez <at> hotmail.com> writes: > >> R introduces itself as a 'statistical' language and environment. There are >> many discussions about comparing R to MATLAB or mathematica (or other >> similar software). It seems to me that these other software have a broader >> range of applications. For example, in Mathematica one can solve a partial >> differential equation numberically or do image processing, or, one can >> connect a data acquisition card to MATLAB to acquire data from a measurement >> and analyse the results. >> >> - Does R already provide such facilities? > > some ... > > RSiteSearch("image analysis") > http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/69200.html > > RSiteSearch("PDE") -- suggests not much in the way > of numeric PDE solutions > > RSiteSearch("data acquisition") -- suggests not much (but see > http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/81317.html ) > > >> - Was R design to be merely a statistical tool or was it designed with an >> idea of a general mathematical tool in mind? > > It was designed as a "language and environment for statistical computing and > graphics". However, since it provides interfaces to routines written > in other languages (Tcl/Tk, C, Fortran, ...) and other programs > (databases, GIS, etc.), it can do lots of other things. > >> - If the answer to the above is no, can R already be extended to include the >> missing features simply by extra packages > > yes. > > or does it need some rational > [???] >> changes to support these features? > > no. > > You should think about why you want to extend R in these > ways. If you already have access to Mathematica/MATLAB and > are happy with their capabilities, you should just use them. > Perhaps you can't afford them; are there other free/open > tools that do what you want? If so, you should think about > using them, or perhaps writing interfaces between them and > R. > > cheers > Ben Bolker > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Dr Oleg Sklyar * EBI/EMBL, Cambridge CB10 1SD, England * +44-1223-494466 ______________________________________________ R-help@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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.