Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series)
This book is a good resource for someone who wants to learn R and use R for statistical computing and graphics. It will also serve well as a textbook or a reference book for students in a course related to computational statistics.—Hon Keung Tony Ng,Technometrics, May 2011… a very coherent and useful account of its chosen subject matter. … The programming section … is more comprehensive than Braun & Murdoch (2007), but more accessible than Venables & Ripley (2000). … The book deserves a place on university library shelves … One very useful feature of the book is that nearly every chapter has a set of exercises. There are also plenty of well-chosen examples throughout the book that are used to explain the material. I also appreciated the clear and attractive programming style of the R code presented in the book. I found very little in the way of typos or solecisms. … I can strongly recommend the book for its intended audience. If I ever again have to teach our stochastic modelling course, I will undoubtedly use some of the exercises and examples fromScientific Programming and Simulation Using R.—David Scott,Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 2011It is not often that I think that a statistics text is one that most scientifc statisticians should have in their personal libraries.Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using Ris such a text. … This text provides scientific researchers with a working knowledge of R for both reviewing and for engaging in the statistical evaluation of scientific data. …It is particularly useful for understanding and developing modeling and simulation software. I highly recommend the text, finding it to be one of the most useful books I have read on the subject.—Journal of Statistical Software, September 2010, Volume 36The authors have written an excellent introduction to scientific programming with R. Their clear prose, logical structure, well-documented code and realistic examples made the book a pleasure to read. One particularly useful feature is the chapter of cases studies at the end, which not only demonstrates complete analyses but also acts as a pedagogical tool to review and integrate material introduced throughout the book. … I would strongly recommend this book for readers interested in using R for simulations, particularly for those new to scientific programming or R. It is also very student-friendly and would be suitable either as a course textbook or for self-study.—Significance, September 2009I think that the techniques of scientific programming presented will soon enable the novice to apply statistical models to real-world problems. The writing style is easy to read and the book is suitable for private study. If you have never read a book on scientific programming and simulation, then I recommend that you start with this one.—International Statistical Review, 2009