Alone R package: Datasets from the survival TV series
I have been watching the survival TV series ‘Alone,’ where 10 survivalists are dropped in an extremely remote area and […]
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Select colours from an image in R with {eyedroppeR}
There are fancy ways to extract colours from images but sometimes it’s easier if you could simply click on the […]
How to crop an image to a circle in R with {cropcircles}
I hadn’t found a super-easy-you-don’t-have-to-think-about-it way to crop an image to a circle in R with a transparent background. There’s […]
Evolve new colour palettes in R with evoPalette
What’s that saying? Choice is the enemy of happiness, or something like that. There are so many colour palettes out […]
Simulating data with Bayesian networks
Bayesian networks are really useful for many applications and one of those is to simulate new data. Bayes nets represent […]
Use more of your data with matrix factorisation
Previously I posted on how to apply gradient descent on linear regression as an example. With that as background it’s […]
Fun with progress bars: Fish, daggers and the Star Wars trench run
If you’re like me, when running a process through a loop you’ll add in counters and progress indicators. That way […]
Bayesian estimation of fatality rates and accidents involving cyclists on Queensland roads
In my previous post I built a Shiny app mapping accidents on Queensland roads which was great at showing the […]
Queensland road accidents mapped with Shiny and leaflet in R
The Queensland government collects data on road accidents dating back to 1st January 2001 and details characteristics of the incident […]
Applying gradient descent – primer / refresher
Every so often a problem arises where it’s appropriate to use gradient descent, and it’s fun (and / or easier) […]
Martingale strategies don’t work, but we knew that – Simulation analysis in R
It’s generally accepted that Martingale betting strategies don’t work. But people still gravitate towards them because they are intuitive. I […]
Adding Custom Fonts to ggplot in R
ggplot – You can spot one from a mile away, which is great! And when you do it’s a silent […]
The Most Amount of Rain over a 10 Day Period on Record
Townsville, Qld, has been inundated with torrential rain and has broken the record of the largest rainfall over a 10 […]
Synthesising Multiple Linked Data Sets and Sequences in R
In my last post I looked at generating synthetic data sets with the ‘synthpop’ package, some of the challenges and […]
Generating Synthetic Data Sets with ‘synthpop’ in R
Synthpop – A great music genre and an aptly named R package for synthesising population data. I recently came across […]
