xgboost/R-package/README.md
Vadim Khotilovich a375ad2822 [R] maintenance Apr 2017 (#2237)
* [R] make sure things work for a single split model; fixes #2191

* [R] add option use_int_id to xgb.model.dt.tree

* [R] add example of exporting tree plot to a file

* [R] set save_period = NULL as default in xgboost() to be the same as in xgb.train; fixes #2182

* [R] it's a good practice after CRAN releases to bump up package version in dev

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* [R] xgb.DMatrix: silent parameter; improve documentation

* [R] xgb.model.dt.tree code style changes

* [R] update NEWS with parameter changes

* [R] code safety & style; handle non-strict matrix and inherited classes of input and model; fixes #2242

* [R] change to x.y.z.p R-package versioning scheme and set version to 0.6.4.3

* [R] add an R package versioning section to the contributors guide

* [R] R-package/README.md: clean up the redundant old installation instructions, link the contributors guide
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XGBoost R Package for Scalable GBM
==================================
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Resources
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* [XGBoost R Package Online Documentation](http://xgboost.readthedocs.org/en/latest/R-package/index.html)
- Check this out for detailed documents, examples and tutorials.
Installation
------------
We are [on CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/xgboost/index.html) now. For stable/pre-compiled(for Windows and OS X) version, please install from CRAN:
```r
install.packages('xgboost')
```
For more detailed installation instructions, please see [here](http://xgboost.readthedocs.org/en/latest/build.html#r-package-installation).
Examples
--------
* Please visit [walk through example](demo).
* See also the [example scripts](../demo/kaggle-higgs) for Kaggle Higgs Challenge, including [speedtest script](../demo/kaggle-higgs/speedtest.R) on this dataset and the one related to [Otto challenge](../demo/kaggle-otto), including a [RMarkdown documentation](../demo/kaggle-otto/understandingXGBoostModel.Rmd).
Development
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* See the [R Package section](https://xgboost.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to/contribute.html#r-package) of the contributiors guide.