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How Google and Facebook are using R

Here's a great post from Data Evolution on how Google and Facebook, among others, are using R, based on a Bay Area R Users Group panel discussion.

The typical workflow that Bo thus described for using R was: (i) pulling data with some external tool, (ii) loading it into R, (iii) performing analysis and modeling within R, (iv) implementing a resulting model in Python or C++ for a production environment.

Who:


Kendall Giles

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Status:


Assistant Professor
Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research
College of Humanities and Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University

Associate Staff Scientist
Human Language Technology Center for Excellence (HLTCOE)
Johns Hopkins University

Contact Information


Email:


Office:
Mail:


first two letters of first name + last name + @vcu.edu
Oliver 2061
PO Box 843083
1001 West Main Street
Richmond, VA 23284

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