Re: [R] Gaussian Process Classification R packages

2017-12-11 Thread Gary Black
As a total novice and somebody lurking in the background who doesn't have a need to use R regularly except for a one-time project, I also am surprised by (really mainly one or two) people who answer most posts by telling people to do their homework, spend more time studying R, etc. Even novices kn

Re: [R] Gaussian Process Classification R packages

2017-12-11 Thread Bert Gunter
For the record: I **was** trying to be helpful. I simply didn't know whether "I struggled" meant that the OP had done a web search; as Chuck mentioned, when I did one, I found what looked like possibly helpful hits. The OP's hostile response frankly surprised me, but I see no reason to respond in

Re: [R] Gaussian Process Classification R packages

2017-12-11 Thread Jeff Newmiller
While a plea about struggling may seem appropriate to you, it is just as content-free as a reply telling you to use Google... and like it or not, that tit-for-tat arises due to frustration with lack of specificity as detailed by Charles. That is, if you are constructive about documenting your is

Re: [R] OT -- isotonic regression subject to bound constraints.

2017-12-11 Thread Rolf Turner
On 12/12/17 07:15, Rolf Turner wrote: Well, I could argue that it's not *completely* OT since my question is motivated by an enquiry that I received in respect of a CRAN package "Iso" that I wrote and maintain. The question is this:  Given observations y_1, ..., y_n, what is the solution to

[R] OT -- isotonic regression subject to bound constraints.

2017-12-11 Thread Rolf Turner
Well, I could argue that it's not *completely* OT since my question is motivated by an enquiry that I received in respect of a CRAN package "Iso" that I wrote and maintain. The question is this: Given observations y_1, ..., y_n, what is the solution to the problem: minimise \sum_{i=1}^n

Re: [R] Data cleaning & Data preparation, what do R users want?

2017-12-11 Thread Robert Wilkins
Dominik (and others) If it is indeed still the biggest paint point, even in 2017, then maybe we can do something about that, with more efforts at different user interface design and try-outs with them on specialized datasets. [ The fact that in some specialties, such as clinical trials, for exampl

Re: [R] Gaussian Process Classification R packages

2017-12-11 Thread Berry, Charles
> On Dec 11, 2017, at 8:06 AM, Damjan Krstajic wrote: > > I have kindly asked for help and I am sad to receive such a reply from some > on the r-help list. > > Well, you only said you were `struggling' to find a package. Bert may well have done the Google search himself and found numerous r

Re: [R] Gaussian Process Classification R packages

2017-12-11 Thread Bert Gunter
Google it! "R Gaussian process model binary classification." Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Damja