R is an open source scripting language and environment for statistical computing, data analysis & graphics.R provides an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation and graphical display- it's an integrated environment. Around 2 million users in the world are widely using R especially by corporate analysts & data scientists.
Anomaly/Outlier detection has wide applications. It can be used in fraud detection, for example, by detecting unusual usage of credit cards or telecommunication services. In addition, it is useful in customized marketing for identifying the spending behavior of customers with extremely low or extremely high incomes, or in medical analysis for finding unusual responses to various medical treatments.