Domain-Specific Languages in R: Advanced Statistical Programming

By Thomas Mailund

Gain an accelerated introduction to domain-specific languages in R, including coverage of regular expressions. This compact, in-depth book shows you how DSLs are programming languages specialized for a particular purpose, as opposed to general purpose programming languages. Along the way, you'll learn to specify tasks you want to do in a precise way and achieve programming goals within a domain-specific context.

Domain-Specific Languages in R includes examples of DSLs including large data sets or matrix multiplication; pattern matching DSLs for application in computer vision; and DSLs for continuous time Markov chains and their applications in data science. After reading and using this book, you'll understand how to write DSLs in R and have skills you can extrapolate to other programming languages.

What You'll Learn

Program with domain-specific languages using R
Discover the components of DSLs
Carry out large matrix expressions and multiplications
Implement metaprogramming with DSLs
Parse and manipulate expressions

Who This Book Is For

Those with prior programming experience. R knowledge is helpful but not required.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484235878
• ISBN13: 9781484235874
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"