Category: Blog

  • Iterative function calls with Reduce

    Intro In many instances, the “Numerical Methods” will imply recurrent function calls. We demonstrated how to go about this using loops here. But I wasn’t satisfied with this  approach (I did mention, I prefer the apply() family of functions over for loops…). The apply() wasn’t fit for it, but while digging a bit deeper into…

  • Higher Performance in R – Amdahl and Gustafson’s laws

    Intro So I’m currently taking this course about “High Performance Computing”. This entry is not about that exactly: let’s face it, R is not the best option there 😀 But some concepts I touched in the past I thought I could summarise today (for example of past entries: here or here, and more links in the…

  • Looking for ideas

    Intro So this particular entry is a bit… Different. At least I’m circling back to Cybersecurity, which I hadn’t mentioned for a while. I have spent some time lately just “thinking” about what to do for the Master’s final project (aka Master Thesis). And here are some thoughts. About the process In a book (this…