Publications by R on datawookie

Private Security and the Pareto Principle

Private Security is a big industry in South Africa. Most Private Security companies promise to provide a rapid response to every callout generated by any of their customers. There is a delicate balance between the number of response vehicles and the number of customers (and the frequency of their callouts!), which determines whether or not they a...

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Retail Data: R Package

Have you ever noticed how things seem to get really expensive at specific times of the year? Like Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day? Have you ever felt a bit ripped off when buying an over-priced bouquet of flowers or box of chocolates? Have you ever wondered just how much those prices have been inflated? Of course you have! But it...

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Rendering an R Markdown Presentation to GitLab Pages

I’m busy preparing slides for the Why R? conference using the brilliant {xaringan} package along with {xaringanthemer} to tweak the styles. There are plots rendered into the document as well as static images. I wanted to publish the presentation using GitLab Pages. My first attempt left me with no styles or images, but after a few i...

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