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LinkedMatrix

LinkedMatrix is an R package that provides matrices implemented as lists of matrix-like nodes, linked by columns or rows.

It was originally developed for the BGData package to address the array size limit of ff (length must be between 1 and .Machine$integer.max) by chaining multiple ff objects together.

This package is deliberately kept simple. For computational methods that use LinkedMatrix check out the BGData package.

Example

The following code generates three different matrix-like objects and links them together by rows in a RowLinkedMatrix. The LinkedMatrix instance can then be treated like any other regular matrix.

library(LinkedMatrix)

m1 <- ff::ff(initdata = rnorm(50), dim = c(5, 10))
m2 <- bigmemory::big.matrix(init = rnorm(50), nrow = 5, ncol = 10)
m3 <- matrix(data = rnorm(50), nrow = 5, ncol = 10)
m <- RowLinkedMatrix(m1, m2, m3)

dim(m)
m[1, ]
m[, 1]

Installation

Install the stable version from CRAN:

install.packages("LinkedMatrix")

Alternatively, install the development version from GitHub:

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("QuantGen/LinkedMatrix")

Documentation

Further documentation can be found on RDocumentation.

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install.packages('LinkedMatrix')

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Version

1.4.0

License

MIT + file LICENSE

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Last Published

May 22nd, 2020

Functions in LinkedMatrix (1.4.0)

as.ColumnLinkedMatrix

Converts an Object to a LinkedMatrix Object
nodes

Returns the Column or Row Indexes at Which Each Node Starts and Ends
ColumnLinkedMatrix

Create a LinkedMatrix Object
cbind.ColumnLinkedMatrix

Combine Matrix-Like Objects by Columns or Rows
ColumnLinkedMatrix-class

A Class for Linking Matrices by Columns or Rows
LinkedMatrix

Create an Empty, Prespecified LinkedMatrix Object
index

Maps Each Column or Row Index of a Linked Matrix to the Column or Row Index of Its Corresponding Node
as.matrix.LinkedMatrix

Converts a LinkedMatrix Instance to a Matrix (if Small Enough)
LinkedMatrix-package

LinkedMatrix
LinkedMatrix-class

A Class Union of ColumnLinkedMatrix and RowLinkedMatrix
nNodes

Returns the Number of Nodes