Parallel R: Data Analysis in the Distributed World

by Q. Ethan McCallum and Stephen Weston

It's tough to argue with R as a high-quality, cross-platform, open source statistical software product--unless you're in the business of crunching Big Data. This concise book introduces you to several strategies for using R to analyze large datasets, including three chapters on using R and Hadoop together. You'll learn the basics of Snow, Multicore, Parallel, Segue, RHIPE, and Hadoop Streaming, including how to find them, how to use them, when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449309925
• ISBN13: 9781449309923
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.2"