Re: [R] purpose of the set.seed(function)

2013-12-03 Thread Jan Kim
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 02:42:42PM +0300, Charles Thuo wrote: > what is the purpose of the subject function please see rule #6 of "Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research" [Sandve et.al., PLoS Comput Biol 9(10): e1003285 doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003285] Can't resist this opportu

Re: [R] purpose of the set.seed(function)

2013-12-03 Thread Jeff Newmiller
To start a random sequence that can be reproduced later. The particular seed value used should not be important unless either the random number generator or the computations that use the random numbers are flawed. ?set.seed http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator -

Re: [R] purpose of the set.seed(function)

2013-12-03 Thread Carl Witthoft
Seriously? You should be ashamed of yourself for even considering posting a question like this. Charles Thuo wrote > what is the purpose of the subject function > > Charles > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > __ > R-help@ > mailin

[R] purpose of the set.seed(function)

2013-12-03 Thread Charles Thuo
what is the purpose of the subject function Charles [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.h