

   RR PPrroojjeecctt CCoonnttrriibbuuttoorrss

   TThhee PPrroojjeecctt::

        R is a project which is attempting to provide a modern
        piece of statistical software to the GNU suite of soft-
        ware.

   CCoonnttrriibbuuttoorrss::

        The current R is the result of a collaborative effort
        authors from all over the world.  R was initially writ-
        ten by Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka -- also known as
        ``R & R'' -- of the Statistics Department of the Uni-
        versity of Auckland.

        Since mid-1997 there has been a core group with access
        to the R source, currently consisting of

           * Douglas Bates

           * Peter Dalgaard

           * Robert Gentleman

           * Kurt Hornik

           * Ross Ihaka

           * Friedrich Leisch

           * Thomas Lumley

           * Martin Maechler

           * Guido Masarotto

           * Paul Murrell

           * Brian Ripley

           * Heiner Schwarte

           * Luke Tierney

        In addition, a large group of individuals has con-
        tributed to R by donating code, bug reports and docu-
        mentation, notably

        Valerio Aimale, Thomas Baier, Ben Bolker, Goran
        Brostrom, Paul Gilbert, Robert King, Philippe Lambert,
        Patrick Lindsey, Jim Lindsey, John Maindonald, Steve
        Oncley and Gordon Maclean, Richard Okeefe, Hubert
        Palme, Martyn Plummer, Jonathan Rougier, Bill Simpson,
        Terry Therneau, Bill Venables, Gregory R. Warnes, and
        Andreas Weingessel.

        We have probably omitted some important names here
        because of incomplete record keeping.  If we have over-
        looked you, please let us know and we'll update the
        list.

        A special debt is owed to John Chambers who has gra-
        ciously contributed advice and encouragement.

