Exploring Everyday Things with R and Ruby

Programming is not just for geeks. If you're curious about how things work, and want to get programmatic solutions to everyday problems, this intriguing book will help you find what you're looking for. By using some fundamental math and simple Ruby and R constructs, you'll learn how to model the problem and work toward a solution. Discover reasons why things are the way they ar...

Programming is not just for geeks. If you're curious about how things work, and want to get programmatic solutions to everyday problems, this intriguing book will help you find what you're looking for. By using some fundamental math and simple Ruby and R constructs, you'll learn how to model the problem and work toward a solution. Discover reasons why things are the way they are by spelunking data freely available on the Internet. You'll model and simulate environments and systems, and then observe and analyze the results. See the world around you through programming eyes.

Sau Sheong Chang，是新加坡惠普實(shí)驗(yàn)室的應(yīng)用研究主管，已經(jīng)從事軟件開發(fā)工作17年，主要專注于與云計(jì)算和數(shù)據(jù)相關(guān)的系統(tǒng)。他在當(dāng)?shù)亻_發(fā)者社區(qū)頗有名望，并且作為演講者活躍在眾多技術(shù)大會(huì)上。在本書之前，他出版過《Ruby on Rails Mashup Projects》和《Cloning Internet Applications with Ruby》兩部著作。