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Learning Bayesian Models with R

You're reading from   Learning Bayesian Models with R Become an expert in Bayesian Machine Learning methods using R and apply them to solve real-world big data problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783987603
Length 168 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Hari Manassery Koduvely Hari Manassery Koduvely
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing the Probability Theory FREE CHAPTER 2. The R Environment 3. Introducing Bayesian Inference 4. Machine Learning Using Bayesian Inference 5. Bayesian Regression Models 6. Bayesian Classification Models 7. Bayesian Models for Unsupervised Learning 8. Bayesian Neural Networks 9. Bayesian Modeling at Big Data Scale Index

Setting up the R environment and packages

R is a free software under GNU open source license. R comes with a basic package and also has a large number of user-contributed packages for advanced analysis and modeling. It also has a nice graphics user interface-based editor called RStudio. In this section, we will learn how to download R, set up the R environment in your computer, and write a simple R program.

Installing R and RStudio

The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) hosts all releases of R and the contributed packages. R for Windows can be installed by downloading the binary of the base package from http://cran.r-project.org; a standard installation should be sufficient. For Linux and Mac OS X, the webpage gives instructions on how to download and install the software. At the time of writing this book, the latest release was version 3.1.2. Various packages need to be installed separately from the package page. One can install any package from the R command prompt using the following...

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