Re: [R] Port package

2008-07-09 Thread hadley wickham
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Ben Bolker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Katharine Mullen few.vu.nl> writes: > >> >> It is not an R package, but rather a collection of Fortran functions >> that R uses from netlib: >> http://www.netlib.org/port/ >> > > Where is Martin Maechler when we need him? > "

Re: [R] Port package

2008-07-09 Thread Ben Bolker
Katharine Mullen few.vu.nl> writes: > > It is not an R package, but rather a collection of Fortran functions > that R uses from netlib: > http://www.netlib.org/port/ > Where is Martin Maechler when we need him? "That's not a package, that's a library!" :-) Ben ___

Re: [R] Port package

2008-07-09 Thread roger koenker
A little more googling reveals: The Port 3 Library is now available via netlib and licensing arrangements are specified here: http://www.netlib.org/port/readme url:www.econ.uiuc.edu/~rogerRoger Koenker email[EMAIL PROTECTED]Department of Economics vox:

Re: [R] Port package

2008-07-09 Thread Katharine Mullen
It is not an R package, but rather a collection of Fortran functions that R uses from netlib: http://www.netlib.org/port/ On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Jos Kaefer wrote: > Hi > > When I type: > > ?nls > > I come across this section: > > algorithm: character string specifying the algorithm to use. The >

Re: [R] Port package

2008-07-09 Thread roger koenker
A more accurate wording, I believe, would be "Port Library" see: http://www.bell-labs.com/project/PORT/ Martin will correct me if there really is a package!! Unfortunately, the licensing link is broken on the URL above and it would be interesting to know what the status of licensing

[R] Port package

2008-07-09 Thread Jos Kaefer
Hi When I type: > ?nls I come across this section: algorithm: character string specifying the algorithm to use. The default algorithm is a Gauss-Newton algorithm. Other possible values are '"plinear"' for the Golub-Pereyra algorithm for partially linear least-squar