Domain-Specific Languages in R Advanced Statistical Programming /

• Main Author: Mailund, Thomas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Artificial intelligence.; Computer programming.; Mathematical statistics.; Big data.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Artificial Intelligence.; Programming Techniques.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.; Big Data.

Gain an accelerated introduction to domain-specific languages in R, including coverage of regular expressions. This compact, in-depth book shows you how DSLs are programming languages specialized for a particular purpose, as opposed to general purpose programming languages. Along the way, you'l...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Matrix expressions
• 3. Components of a programming language
• 4. Functions, classes and operators
• 5. Parsing and manipulating expressions
• 6. Lambda expressions
• 7. Environments and Expressions
• 8. Tidy evaluation
• 9. List comprehension
• 10. Continuous-Time Markov chains
• 11. Pattern matching
• 12. Dynamic programming
• 13. Conclusion.