6.1.3 About the OML4R Supporting Packages

The supporting packages are a set of open source packages that support the OML4R packages.

Table 6-2 OML4R Supporting Packages

Package Name	Description
arules	Provides the infrastructure for representing, manipulating, and analyzing transactional data and patterns (frequent itemsets and association rules).
Cairo	Supports graphic rendering on an OML4R server.
DBI	A database interface definition for communication between R and Oracle Database.
png	Supports the reading and writing of PNG images for OML4R objects.
randomForest	Provides classification and regression based on a forest of trees using random inputs.
ROracle	Oracle Database interface for R-based OCI.
statmod	Provides statistical modeling functions, including growth curve comparisons, limiting dilution analysis, mixed linear models, heteroscedastic regression, Tweedie family generalized linear models, the inverse-Gaussian distribution and Gauss quadrature.