Vectors, lists, arrays, matrices and data frames -- a look at five of the most fundamental data structures built into R. Among my colleagues, R is one of the fastest-growing programming languages.

Before you start analyzing, you might want to take a look at your data object’s structure and a few row entries. If it’s a 2-dimensional table of data stored in an R data frame object with rows and ...

One of the most appealing things about R is its ability to create data visualizations with just a couple of lines of code. [This story is part of Computerworld’s “Beginner’s guide to R.” You’ll find ...

Over the past few years, there has been a subtle but significant shift in the way that data is structured in databases. Whereas yesterday’s databases were typically limited to storing data in rows and ...

What if the huge design space for data-driven software could be efficiently mapped and explored in order to have tailor-made, optimized solutions? Researchers from Harvard combine analytical models, ...