Back in September 2022 I submitted {PrettyCols}, an R package containing aesthetically pleasing colour palettes, to CRAN. If you missed it, you can read the blog post introducing the package! After a few months, it was time for an update and this blog post will give you a brief overview of ...

Introduction A diverging lollipop chart is a useful tool for comparing data that falls into two categories, usually indicated by different colors. This type of chart is particularly well-suited for comparing the differences between two data sets...

All the code shown below is available in the repository of this publication: Simultaneous Optimization of Several Response Variables. The problem of optimizing several response variables When we perform an experiment in the laboratory it is usual t...

R Shiny is a go-to technology when making apps and dashboards for companies using the R programming language. Shiny helps solve problems in complex business areas with large datasets, such as agriculture and life sciences. It’s also used extensively in business workflows from supply chain management to improving the ...

Introduction R is a powerful programming language that is widely used for data analysis, visualization, and machine learning. One of the features of R that makes it versatile and flexible is the ability to assign attributes to functions. Attribu...

Keeping your R code organised is not as straightforward as one might think. Just think about the libraries, variables, functions, and many more. All these objects can be defined and later rewritten, some might get obsolete during the process. This…Read more ›

Introduction As we collect data over time, it’s important to look for patterns and trends that can help us understand what’s happening. One common way to do this is to look at the median of the data. The median is the middle value of a set of nu...

The debt ceiling was always an issue in the United States. As of today, the national government debt has reached the debt ceiling, which is $31.4 trillion. The authorities have warned of chaotic consequences if Congress no longer approves the debt ceiling. The U.S. government has managed an annual deficit ...

smooth package has reached version 3.2.0 and is now on CRAN. While the version change from 3.1.7 to 3.2.0 looks small, this has introduced several substantial changes and represents a first step in moving to the new C++ code in the core of the functions. In this short post, I will outline the ...

Introduction Are you looking for a powerful and efficient library for time series analysis? Look no further than {healthyR.ts}! This library has recently been updated with new functions and improvements, making it easier for you to analyze and v...

One hundred sixteen new packages stuck to CRAN in December 2022. Here are my “Top 40” selections in thirteen categories: Computational Methods, Data, Ecology, Epidemiology, Genomics, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Medicine, Networks, Signal Processing, Statistics, Utilities, and Visualization. Computational Methods bgw v0.1.0: Implements the BGW algorithm described by Bunch, Gay and Welsch (1993) which ...

Winter started a bit more than one month ago… but we have already experienced many snow storms… there is still a lot snow in gardens and in the streets, I was wondering if it was that unusual, but apparently not. Compared with last year, it is (for the first months ...

In my last post ‘GooglyPlusPlus now with Win Probability Analysis for all T20 matches‘ I had discussed the performance of my ML models, created with and without player embeddings, in computing the Win Probability of T20 matches. With batsman & bowler embeddings I got much better performance than without the embeddings ...

As an independent consultant the majority of my work is about solving novel problems faced by my clients. At a basic level, a client has a question they need answered or a problem they’d like solved and my job is to develop something that meets their needs (given the ...