Math.NET Numerics v2.3.0 released, with improved F# support

An important library in the C# and F# open source communities is the Math.NET Numerics library. I blogged the first part in a (slow) series on using the library from F# back in June and there is another tutorial as part of the Numerical Libraries for F# and the .NET Framework overview from early last year. We also … Continue reading Math.NET Numerics v2.3.0 released, with improved F# support →

Getting Started with Math.NET and F# Programming

This is the first blog in a series to help F# programmers keep up-to-date with different ways of doing numerically-oriented programming with F#. The first posts in this series will focus on the open source Math.NET Numerics library. Math.NET Numerics is an opensource numerical library for F# and C# on .NET and Mono, including implementations of .NET supporting .NET … Continue reading Getting Started with Math.NET and F# Programming →

Updated version of “TrueSkill Through Time” Bayesian Inference Code

Back in 2007 Ralf Herbrich and co. wrote a research paper called "TrueSkill Through Time". Their sample code was written with a pre-release of F# 1.0, and was not updated to F# in Visual Studio 2010. Here is an update of this code for F# in Visual Studio 2010, as requested by some people commenting … Continue reading Updated version of “TrueSkill Through Time” Bayesian Inference Code →

StatFactory: FCore maths & statistics library, designed for use with F#

Regular readers of my blog will know that from time to time I post pointers to technologies that work with F#, as a service to the F# community. I've blogged in the past about other maths and stats libraries that work with F#, and am adding another one today! StatFactory have released FCore, a .NET/native numerical library … Continue reading StatFactory: FCore maths & statistics library, designed for use with F# →

New version of FSharpChart now available

Carl Nolan has published a new version of FSharpChart! Some of the snazzy new features are: Clipboard and SaveAs capabilities Property change Events Support for 3D Charts Naming of the data series for BoxPlot charts Great work by Carl, Keith and Tomas to put this together! If you have been using FSharpChart you will … Continue reading New version of FSharpChart now available →

Math.Net Numerics Beta 2, plus a competition for a fast matrix multiply

The contributors to Math.NET have just released their final beta for Math.NET Numerics. This wonderful package includes both NuGet packages and F# integration! From the Math.NET Numerics site: Download the MathNet.Numerics.dll assembly, add a reference to it to your project and you're done. To make this even easier we also publish binary releases to the NuGet … Continue reading Math.Net Numerics Beta 2, plus a competition for a fast matrix multiply →

Logistic Regression in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation

Following on from my last post on Support Vector Machines in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation, I'd also like to point to Yin Zhu's post on Logistic Regression in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation. Enjoy! Don Logistic Regression in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation Logistic regression is a workhorse in data mining. Like decision trees … Continue reading Logistic Regression in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation →

Support vector machines (SVMs) in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation

One of the F# blogs I follow all the time is F# for Data Mining by Yin Zhu in Hong Kong. Yin's latest post really caught my eye: An Introduction to Support Vector Machines in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation. SVMs are a statistical machine learning technique used for all sorts of purposes, from finance … Continue reading Support vector machines (SVMs) in F# using Microsoft Solver Foundation →

F# Team Contract Position in Cambridge UK

The F# team in Cambridge have an opening for a contractor specializing in applying F# to industry-relevant domains. This includes developing concepts and demonstrators of using F# to solve real-world issues in cloud computing, with applications to financial programming, technical computing and web programming. A knowledge of enterprise computing topics such as database, CRM and … Continue reading F# Team Contract Position in Cambridge UK →

F# Math: Extreme Optimization 4.0 – 50 Quick Start samples in F#

The guys at Extreme Optimization have released version 4.0 of their .NET math library. This time the library comes with 50 QuickStart samples for F#, including polynomials in F#, numerical integration in F#, optimization in F#, Fourier Transforms in F#, continuous distributions in F# and discrete distributions in F#. Some other things on offer in … Continue reading F# Math: Extreme Optimization 4.0 – 50 Quick Start samples in F# →

F# Math: Microsoft Solver Foundation 3.0 Released

Microsoft Solver Foundation 3.0 is out, and ready for use with F#: We pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Solver Foundation v3.0. The Express edition is available at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/solverfoundation. The Standard and Academic Editions of Solver Foundation v3.0 will soon be available online via MSDN and MSDNAA subscriber downloads. Microsoft Solver Foundation provides a … Continue reading F# Math: Microsoft Solver Foundation 3.0 Released →

F# Math: NAG Library for .NET, with F# support

The Numerical Algorithms Group have recently released their NAG Library for .NET. To quote: The NAG Library for .NET contains mathematical and statistical methods developed by NAG experts to serve the growing number of application developers and users of Microsoft .NET. The methods in the library provide a convenient interface to fast and efficient algorithms … Continue reading F# Math: NAG Library for .NET, with F# support →