Sau Sheong Chang

Exploring Everyday Things with R and Ruby (eBook, ePUB)

Learning About Everyday Things

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If youre curious about how things work, this fun and intriguing guide will help you find real answers to everyday problems. By using fundamental math and doing simple programming with the Ruby and R languages, youll learn how to model a problem and work toward a solution.All you need is a basic understanding of programming. After a quick introduction to Ruby and R, youll explore a wide range of questions by learning how to assemble, process, simulate, and analyze the available data. Youll learn to see everyday things in a different perspective through simple programs and common sense logic. Once you finish this book, you can begin your own journey of exploration and discovery.Here are some of the questions youll explore:Determine how many restroom stalls can accommodate an office with 70 employeesMine your email to understand your particular emailing habitsUse simple audio and video recording devices to calculate your heart rateCreate an artificial societyand analyze its behavioral patterns to learn how specific factors affect our real society

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449342210
• Artikelnr.: 42124325

Autorenporträt

Sau Sheong Chang has been in software development, mostly web applications and recently cloud- and data-related systems, for almost 17 years and is still a keen and enthusiastic programmer. He has been active in programming with Ruby for the past 6 years and recently started with R for the past year. He is active in the local developer communities, especially in the Singapore Ruby Brigade. In April 2011 he co-organized the first and largest Ruby conferences in Southeast Asia, the RedDotRubyConf. He has published 2 books, the first in 2008 titled Ruby on Rails Mashup Projects and the second in 2010, titled Cloning Internet Applications with Ruby. Both books were published by Packt Publishing. Mr. Chang is currently the Director of Applied Research in HP Labs Singapore, with research focusing on cloud computing and big data. His previous roles include a stint as the CTO of a popular online gaming company and Director of Engineering for Yahoo! Southeast Asia. More detailed information can be found from http://www.saush.com/profile.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: The Hat and the Whip
Chapter 2: Into the Matrix
Chapter 3: Offices and Restrooms
Chapter 4: How to Be an Armchair Economist
Chapter 5: Discover Yourself Through Email
Chapter 6: In a Heartbeat
Chapter 7: Schooling Fish and Flocking Birds
Chapter 8: Money, Sex, and Evolution
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