Matthew Parker
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quickNmix: Asymptotic N-mixture Models
Estimating population abundance for replicated counts data is a computationally intensive problem. N-mixture models are used …
Jun 23, 2021
6 min read
R
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Statistics
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Population Abundance
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Package
Functional Data Analysis: Discrete Observations to Functional Representations
Functional data can come from many different areas of study. Some of the most common examples come from finance (for example stock …
Apr 24, 2021
7 min read
R
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Statistics
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Tutorial
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Functional Data Analysis
Neural Networks for Clustering in Python
Neural Networks are an immensely useful class of machine learning model, with countless applications. Today we are going to analyze a …
Jan 16, 2021
11 min read
Python
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Statistics
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Tutorial
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TensorFlow
Rcpp: Using C++ to improve performance in R
Rcpp is an R library allowing for easy integration of C++ code in your R workflow. It allows you to create optimized functions for when …
Aug 20, 2020
7 min read
R
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Rcpp
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Tutorial
Bootstrap Tutorial in R
Bootstrapping is a statistical technique for analyzing the distributional properties of sample data (such as variability and bias). It …
Jun 26, 2020
5 min read
R
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Statistics
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Tutorial
optimizeAPA Tutorial (Arbitrary Precision Optimization)
optimizeAPA is an R package which allows for multi-parameter optimization. That means you can use it to find the maximum (or the …
Apr 5, 2020
8 min read
R
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Optimization
Manifold Regression (part 2)
Welcome to the world of manifold regression! In part 2 we will apply manifold regression to a case study involving fMRI brain imaging …
Apr 2, 2020
11 min read
R
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Regression
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fMRI
Manifold Regression (part 1)
Welcome to the world of manifold regression! In part 1 we will introduce the basic concepts, overview the theory behind regression on …
Jan 19, 2020
6 min read
R
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Regression
An RMPFR Tutorial (Arbitrary Precision Probability Densities)
Working on a likelihood function that relies on the Poisson distribution with large mean \(\lambda\), I ran into the problem of …
Dec 12, 2018
5 min read
R
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Optimization
Easy Latex Titles and Labels for ggplot
Summary Ever wanted to add \(\LaTeX\) to your R plots? Well now you can, with tikz, and it will allow you to use \(\LaTeX\) code within …
Aug 21, 2018
12 min read
ggplot
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tikz
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R
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Tidyverse
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