Category Archives: Medicine

Rcpp is smoking fast for agent-based models in data frames

Posted on July 11, 2012 by gary

In a previous post, I discussed different approaches to speeding up some loops in data frames. In particular, R data frames provide a simple framework for representing large cohorts of agents in stochastic epidemiological models, such as those representing disease … Continue reading →

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Using R and clinical heuristics to explore the Heritage Health Prize: what do we gain?

Posted on April 13, 2011 by gary

The recent opening of the Heritage Health Prize both represents a milestone and raises a cautionary flag. On the one hand, crowdsourced analytics prizes have never tackled anything so noble (not to discount predicting movie ratings), but on the other … Continue reading →

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