R graphics / Paul Murrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murrell, Paul.

Contributor:

CRC Press.

Series:

Chapman & Hall/CRC the R series (CRC Press)

R Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer graphics.

R (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 518 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Extensively updated to reflect the evolution of statistics and computing, the second edition of the bestselling R Graphics comes complete with new packages and new examples. Paul Murrell, widely known as the leading expert on R graphics, has developed an in-depth resource that helps both neophyte and seasoned users master the intricacies of R graphics.

New in the Second Edition

Updated information on the core graphics engine, the traditional graphics system, the grid graphics system, and the lattice package

A new chapter on the ggplot2 package

New chapters on applications and extensions of R graphics, including geographic maps, dynamic and interactive graphics, and node-and-edge graphs

Organized into five parts, R Graphics, Second Edition covers both "traditional" and newer, R-specific graphics systems. The book reviews the graphics facilities of the R language and describes R's powerful grid graphics system. The book then covers the graphics engine, which represents a common set of fundamental graphics facilities, and provides a series of brief overviews of some of the major areas of application for R graphics, and some of the major extensions of R graphics. Book jacket.

Contents:

An introduction to R graphics

Traditional graphics. Simple usage of traditional graphics

Customizing traditional graphics

Grid graphics. Trellis graphics : the lattice package

The grammar of graphics : the ggplot2 package

The grid graphics model

The grid graphics object model

Developing new graphics functions and objects

The graphics engine. Graphics formats

Graphical parameters

Graphics packages. Graphics extensions

Plot extensions

Graphics for categorical data

Maps

Node-and-edge graphs

3D graphics

Dynamic and interactive graphics

Importing graphics

Combining graphics systems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-505) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439831779

1439831777

Publisher Number:

99968459876

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.