It forms the basis of two highly acclaimed and widely used data analysis software systems, the commercial S-PLUS® and the Open Source R. This book provides an in-depth guide to writing software in the S language under either or both of ...

This book is a guide to using S environments to perform statistical analyses and provides both an introduction to the use of S and a course in modern statistical methods.

A basic grounding in statistics is assumed, making this book suitable for would-be users of S-Plus, as well as students and researchers using statistics.

This book is designed for specialists needing an introduction to statistical inference in spatial statistics and its applications.