Software

I’ve been programming since the age of 7; my first computer was the C64.

I believe most software should be free.

Shortcuts: ○ genieclust (Python/R) ○ stringi (R/[1]) ○ clustering-benchmarks (Python/language agnostic) ○ stringx (R) ○ realtest (R)

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Check out my open-access textbooks: ○ Deep R Programming ○ Minimalist Data Wrangling with Python

genieclust (Python+R)

Fast and robust hierarchical clustering with noise point detection: Genie finds meaningful clusters and is fast even on large data sets.

• Documentation and tutorials

• PyPI

• CRAN

• conda-forge

• GitHub

• Paper on the genieclust package in SoftwareX (doi:10.1016/j.softx.2021.100722)

• Paper on the Genie algorithm in Information Sciences (doi:10.1016/j.ins.2016.05.003)

stringi (R)

stringi (pronounced “stringy”, IPA [strinɡi]) is THE R[1] package for very fast, portable, correct, consistent, and convenient string/text processing in any locale or character encoding. It is one of the most often downloaded packages on CRAN.

• Documentation and tutorials

• CRAN

• Anaconda/R, conda-forge

• GitHub

• Paper on stringi in the Journal of Statistical Software (DOI:10.18637/jss.v103.i02)

clustering-benchmarks (Python etc.)

A framework for benchmarking clustering algorithms

• Documentation and tutorials

• PyPI

• GitHub

• Paper in SoftwareX (DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2022.101270)

stringx (R)

Drop-in replacements for base string functions powered by stringi

• Documentation and tutorials

• CRAN

• GitHub

realtest (R)

Where expectations meet reality: Realistic unit testing in R

• Documentation and tutorials

• CRAN

• GitHub

Other

• TurtleGraphics (R) (maintained by Barbara Żogała-Siudem)

  Learn R programming while having a jolly time

  ○ CRAN ○ GitHub ○ Tutorial

• agop (R)

  Aggregation operators and preordered sets in R

  ○ CRAN ○ GitHub

• genie (R)

  A new, fast, and outlier resistant hierarchical clustering algorithm (superseded by genieclust)

  ○ CRAN ○ GitHub

• SimilaR (R) (maintained by Maciej Bartoszuk)

  R source code similarity evaluation

  ○ CRAN ○ GitHub ○ Paper on the SimilaR package in the R Journal (DOI:10.32614/RJ-2020-017)

• FuzzyNumbers (R)

  Tools to deal with fuzzy numbers in R

  ○ CRAN ○ GitHub ○ Tutorial

• CITAN (R)

  CITation ANalysis toolpack [deprecated]

  ○ CRAN ○ GitHub

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stringi begs for a major, more generic rewrite which would enable the delivery of a Python and Julia (amongst others) version too. If you have a few months’ time to spare, and the necessary skills (C++ etc.) feel free to contact me so that we can make it happen.