This might interest the group. JN -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [OTT-GOSLING] "Applications of R in Government" Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:07:27 -0400 From: Glen Newton <glen.newton at gmail.com> Reply-To: GOSLING members in Ottawa <ottawa-gosling at list.goslingcommunity.org> To: GOSLING members in Ottawa <ottawa-gosling at list.goslingcommunity.org>, civicaccess discuss <civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca>, Paul Budkewitsch <paul.budkewitsch at gmail.com>
From the article:
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2012/06/applications-of-r-in-government.html - In the early days of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, NIST used uncertainty analysis in R to harmonize spill estimates from various sources, and to provide ranges of estimates to other agencies and the media. - Before new drugs are allowed on the market, the FDA works with pharmaceutical companies to verify safety and efficacy through clinical trials. Despite a false perception that only commercial software may be used, many pharmaceutical companies are now using open-source R to analyze data from clinical trials. - The National Weather Service uses R for research and development of models to predict river flooding. - The newly-formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- freed from the restrictions of a legacy IT infrastructure -- is championing the use of open-source technologies in government. - Local governments are also building data-based applications. The SF Estuary Institute uses R and Google Maps to provide a tool to track pollution in the San Francisco Bay area. Derived from article: Government Security News: Open-Source R software driving Big Data analytics in government http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/26483?c=cyber_security -Glen
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