1. A Computer Algebra System for R: Macaulay2 and the m2r Package
- Author
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David Kahle, Christopher O'Neill, Jeff Sommars, American Mathematical Society, National Science Foundation, and Robert Harrison, University of California Davis
- Subjects
FOS: Computer and information sciences ,Statistics and Probability ,Computer science ,Field (mathematics) ,Algebraic geometry ,01 natural sciences ,Statistics - Computation ,010104 statistics & probability ,Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry ,FOS: Mathematics ,0101 mathematics ,Commutative algebra ,Algebraic number ,Macaulay2 ,algebraic statistics ,Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) ,Computation (stat.CO) ,Abstract algebra ,Algebraic statistics ,Statistics ,Symbolic computation ,HA1-4737 ,Algebra ,macaulay2 ,Linear algebra ,Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty ,Software - Abstract
Algebraic methods have a long history in statistics. Apart from the ubiquitous applications of linear algebra, the most visible manifestations of modern algebra in statistics are found in the young field of algebraic statistics, which brings tools from commutative algebra and algebraic geometry to bear on statistical problems. Now over two decades old, algebraic statistics has applications in a wide range of theoretical and applied statistical domains. Nevertheless, algebraic statistical methods are still not mainstream, mostly due to a lack of easy off-the-shelf implementations. In this article we debut m2r, an R package that connects R to Macaulay2 through a persistent back-end socket connection running locally or on a cloud server. Topics range from basic use of m2r to applications and design philosophy.
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- 2020