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From: "David Smith" <dsmith@insightful.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:09:37 -0800
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Thread-topic: [S] Matrix-library (was: Sparse Matrix- what's the best way to
I'd also add that sparse-matrix functions (which the original poster was 
seeking) aren't in the Matrix library in any case (but I'll take this as a 
request for them to be included when we do re-introduce the Matrix library to 
S-PLUS).

On the other hand, the S+SpatialStats module (available separately) does 
include a number of functions for working with sparse matrices since the 
neighbour objects are essentially sparse matrices.

# David Smith

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sundar Dorai-Raj [mailto:sundar.dorai-raj@pdf.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:05 AM
> To: Henrik Aalborg Nielsen
> Cc: s-news-list
> Subject: Re: [S] Matrix-library (was: Sparse Matrix- what's 
> the best way
> to
> 
> 
>  From David Smith at Insightful.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [S] Matrix Library
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:53:46 -0800
> From: "David Smith" <dsmith@insightful.com>
> To: <s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu>
> CC: "Steve Friedman" <friedm69@msu.edu>
> 
> Unfortunately, you can't use a pre-Sv4 version (such as from S-PLUS 
> 2000) of the Matrix library with S-PLUS 6.1 for Windows.  
> That library 
> needed a lot of porting from Sv3 to Sv4, and it's not yet 
> available for 
> Windows.
> 
> We do plan to reinstate it for a future version of S-PLUS, 
> but probably 
> not before Version 7.  We did port the commonly-used determinant 
> function to the main library. If you need other functions from that 
> library other than determinant, it'd help if you and others 
> could let me 
> know which ones, to help me gauge where the priorities lie.
> 
> Thanks,
> # David Smith
> 
> -- 
> David M Smith <dsmith@insightful.com>
> Product Manager, Insightful Corp, Seattle WA
> Tel: +1 (206) 802 2360
> Fax: +1 (206) 283 6310
> 
> Insightful Corporation (www.insightful.com) provides analytical 
> solutions for text and data using S-PLUS, Insightful Miner, 
> InFact and 
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> 
> Henrik Aalborg Nielsen wrote:
> > Could someone from Insightful please comment on the current 
> state and
> > plans for the Matrix-library; it is in the 6.0 and 6.1 
> Solaris and Linux
> > versions, but from Steve's email it seems that it is not in 
> the Windows
> > version.  Furthermore, the most recent manual for the 
> library has version
> > 3.3 or 3.4 printed on it!
> > 
> > /Henrik
> > 
> > 
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> >    Section for Statistics, Time Series Group
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:35:38 +1000
> > From: Steve Su <s.su@qut.edu.au>
> > To: s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu
> > Subject: [S] Sparse Matrix- what's the best way to get this 
> into Splus?
> > 
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > Thank you James Holtman, Andy Liew and Patrick Burns who 
> replied to my
> > questions on creating large zero matrices. 
> > 
> > The general response appears that I should code this into a sparse
> > matrix. 
> > 
> > I had a look at the archives in R and Splus and it appears that the 
> > library(Matrix) may be useful, however this response is related to R
> > rather than Splus? I also noticed that the library Matrix is not in
> > Splus6. 
> > (http://www.r-project.org/nocvs/mail/r-help/2001/0107.html)
> > 
> > The other reference is at 
> > 
> http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/mailinglists/s-news/199810/msg00186.html 
> > 
> > However I am not sure if these functions are well supported 
> or has there
> > been any improvements made on those functions? 
> > 
> > Andy Liew also suggested that there is a package in R and it appears
> > there is in fact one, is it possible to load this into Splus? 
> > 
> > Thanks for your attention and assistance.
> > 
> > Steve. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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