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Simulation for Data Science with R

By : Matthias Templ
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Simulation for Data Science with R

By: Matthias Templ

Overview of this book

Data Science with R aims to teach you how to begin performing data science tasks by taking advantage of Rs powerful ecosystem of packages. R being the most widely used programming language when used with data science can be a powerful combination to solve complexities involved with varied data sets in the real world. The book will provide a computational and methodological framework for statistical simulation to the users. Through this book, you will get in grips with the software environment R. After getting to know the background of popular methods in the area of computational statistics, you will see some applications in R to better understand the methods as well as gaining experience of working with real-world data and real-world problems. This book helps uncover the large-scale patterns in complex systems where interdependencies and variation are critical. An effective simulation is driven by data generating processes that accurately reflect real physical populations. You will learn how to plan and structure a simulation project to aid in the decision-making process as well as the presentation of results. By the end of this book, you reader will get in touch with the software environment R. After getting background on popular methods in the area, you will see applications in R to better understand the methods as well as to gain experience when working on real-world data and real-world problems.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Simulation for Data Science with R
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

About the Reviewer

Gerlinde Dinges works as a methodological researcher at the quality management and methods department of Statistics Austria. She studied at the University of Linz and earned a degree in statistics from the University of Vienna. Since 2002, she has been working extensively in the field of model-based estimation for business statistics and published several papers in this field. Gerlinde has broad experience in working with large (administrative) data and has participated in several European research projects. Her main research interest is in the area of explorative data analysis, business statistics, imputation, visualization, and teaching statistics. Together with her colleagues, she developed a computer-assisted teaching system to enhance and support classroom teaching in an interactive way (http://www.statistik.at/tgui).