[R] Library splines

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 17/01/2014 12:01, Christof peternell wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm writing my Master Thesis. I'm using the R library "splines" and i want to cite it correctly.
> I have found the following documentation:
> http://127.0.0.1:20742/library/splines/html/splines-package.html
> My problem is, i didn't find the year when this library was released.

Is that relevant?  Normally you cite the year of the version you used, 
not one you did not.

It was incorporated into R in 1999.  Some of the file copyrights are 
1998: see doc/COPYRIGHTS.

> Would you please help me with this problem?
> Thanks in Advance,
> Christof Peternell



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