Using the R Language to Manage and Show Statistical Information in the Cloud

Technologies

Raül Tormos¹  Pau Fonseca i Casas² 

[1]Centre d’Estudis d’Opinió–Generalitat de Catalunya, CA08009 Barcelona, Spain

[2]Statistics and Operations Research Department, Technical University of Catalonia, CA80034 Barcelona, Spain

关键词: R;    open data;    API;    statistics;    DSS;    web service;   

DOI  :  10.3390/technologies6040113

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We present a methodology to enable users to interact with the statistical information (survey data) of a public opinion institute which is stored in Cloud infrastructure. Mainly using R, this approach was developed following the open-data philosophy. Also, as we used R, the implementation is mainly based on open-source software. R has several advantages from the point of view of data management and acquisition, as it is becoming a common framework that can be used to structure the processes involved in any statistical operation. It further simplifies the access to data and enables the use of all the power of R in Cloud infrastructure. This methodology was applied successfully to develop a tool to manage the data of the Centre d’Estudis d’Opinió, but it can be applied to other institutions to enable open access to their data. The infrastructure was also deployed to Cloud infrastructure to assure its scalability and 24/7 access.

【 授权许可】

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