Clojure/Java and R Communication via Sockets
Motivation Sometimes it is necessary for two applications to communicate with each other. Sockets Motivation For instance, I like working in ...
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A Dirichlet Process Implementation in Julia
The following code closely follows the lecture notes and examples found here which provide excellent reading on Dirichlet Processes. This post is less about ...
Data Science Workflow with Clojure
Recently I’ve been coding in Clojure using at atom editor combined with the proto-repl and proto-repl-charts plugins. Blog post to come shortly =)
A Functional Implementation of Slice Sampling in Julia
I’ve been using Clojure and Scala most recently for algorithmic work but I needed to return to Julia momentarily in order to finish a project. Slice S...
Partial Application for Functions in Julia
Julia is purportedly a multi-paradigm language but I find their support for functional paradigms to be lacking. One feature that I looked for was Currying or...
Newtons Iteration in Scala, Clojure and Haskell Comparison
Newton’s iterations is an algorithm for computing the square root of a number n. It also makes a nice “Hello World” program if you find yourself doing a lot ...
Metropolis Adjusted Langevin Algorithm in Julia
The Metropolis Adjusted Langevin Algorithm is a more general purpose markov chain monte carlo algorithm for sampling from a differentiable target density. ...