LISP-STAT: An Object-Oriented Environment for Statistical Computing and Dynamic Graphics

by Luke Tierney

Overview

Written for the professional statistician or graduate statistics student, the primary objective of this book is to describe a system, based on the LISP language, for statistical computing and dynamic graphics to show how it can be used as an effective platform for a wide range of statistical computing tasks ranging from basic calculations to customizing dynamic graphs. In addition, it introduces object-oriented programming and graphics programming in a statistical context. The discussion of these ideas is based on the Lisp-Stat system; readers with access to such a system can reproduce the examples presented and use them as a basis for further experimentation and study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471509165
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/16/1991
Series:	Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics , #271
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.37(h) x 1.07(d)

About the Author

Luke Tierney is the author of LISP-STAT: An Object-Oriented Environment for Statistical Computing and Dynamic Graphics, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

A Lisp-Stat Tutorial.

Programming in Lisp.

Additional Lisp Features.

Statistical Functions.

Object-Oriented Programming.

Windows, Menus, and Dialogs.

Graphics Windows.

Statistical Graphics Windows.

Some Dynamic Graphics Examples.

Bibliography.

Answers to Selected Exercises.

The XLISP-STAT Implementation.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Written for the professional statistician or graduate statistics student, the primary objective of this book is to describe a system, based on the LISP language, for statistical computing and dynamic graphics to show how it can be used as an effective platform for a wide range of statistical computing tasks ranging from basic calculations to customizing dynamic graphs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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