Ebook: Computer Science and Statistics: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Interface

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Statistical Theory and the Computer....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Developing an Edit System for Industry Statistics....Pages 11-16
Design of Experiments to Investigate Joint Distributions in Microanalytic Simulations....Pages 17-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Effect of Personal Computers on Statistical Practice....Pages 25-30
Statistical Software Design and Scientific Breakthrough: Some Reflections on the Future....Pages 31-35
Some Thoughts on Expert Software....Pages 36-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
How Fast is the Fourier Transform?....Pages 43-44
Polynomial Time Algorithms for Obtaining Permutation Distributions....Pages 45-48
Efficient Estimation for the Stable Laws....Pages 49-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Applications of Statistics to Applied Algorithm Design....Pages 59-67
Algorithms with Random Input....Pages 68-75
Recent Results on the Average Time Behavior of Some Algorithms in Computational Geometry....Pages 76-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Applications of Pattern Recognition Methods to Hydrologic Time Series....Pages 85-91
Recent Advances in Bump Hunting....Pages 92-104
Pattern Recognition in the Context of an Asbestos Cancer Threshold Study....Pages 105-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Volume Testing of Statistical/Database Software....Pages 113-115
Scientific Information Retrieval (SIR/DBMS)....Pages 116-122
Volume Testing of Statistical Software -- The Statistical Analysis System (SAS)....Pages 123-129
Solving Complex Database Problems in P-STAT....Pages 130-136
Volume Testing of SPSS....Pages 137-143
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Volume Testing of Statistical Systems....Pages 144-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
In Search of Correlation in Multiplicative Congruential Generators with Modulus 231 -1....Pages 155-157
Portability Considerations for Random Number Generators....Pages 158-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Some Recent Developments in Spectrum and Harmonic Analysis....Pages 167-171
On Some Numerical Properties of Arma Parameter Estimation Procedures....Pages 172-177
Time Series Recursions and Self-Tuning Control....Pages 178-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
On Measurement and Evaluation of Software: A View from the Chair....Pages 187-191
Can Statistical Methods Help Solve Problems in Software Measurement?....Pages 192-198
Measuring the Performance of Computer Software — A Dual Role for Statisticians....Pages 199-204
Software Metrics: Paradigms and Processes....Pages 205-207
A Proposal for Structural Models of Software Systems....Pages 208-210
Software Metrics: A Key to Improved Software Development Management....Pages 211-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Orthogonalization-Triangularization Methods in Statistical Computations....Pages 223-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Simple Query Language Requirements for Research Data Management....Pages 247-251
Data Editing on Large Data Sets....Pages 252-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Census Bureau Statistical Graphics....Pages 261-267
Mosaics for Contingency Tables....Pages 268-273
The Use of Kinematic Displays to Represent High Dimensional Data....Pages 274-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Order Statistics and an Experiment in Software Design....Pages 281-283
Further Approximation to the Distributions of Some Transformations to the Sample Correlation Coefficient....Pages 284-287
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Using Linear Programming to Find Approximate Solutions to the Fields to Impute Problem for Industry Data....Pages 288-291
Using Computer-Binned Data for Density Estimation....Pages 292-294
On the Nonconsistency of Maximum Likelihood Nonparametric Density Estimators....Pages 295-298
Computer Program for Krishnaiah’s Finite Intersection Tests for Multiple Comparisons of Mean Vectors....Pages 299-303
Approximating the Log of the Normal Cumulative....Pages 304-307
A kTH Nearest Neighbour Clustering Procedure....Pages 308-311
Interactive Statistical Graphics: Breaking Away....Pages 312-315
Interactive Graphical Analysis for Multivariate Data....Pages 316-319
SLANG, a Statistical Language for Descriptive Time Series Analysis....Pages 320-323
On the Parameter Estimation in Queueing Theory....Pages 324-327
Statistical Computation with a Microcomputer....Pages 328-331
On the Exact Distribution of Geary’s U-Statistic and its Application to Least Squares Regression....Pages 332-335
Exposure to the Risk of an Accident: The Canadian Department of Transport National Driving Survey and Data Analysis System, 1978–79....Pages 336-339
CONCOR: An Edit and Automatic Correction Package....Pages 340-343
BGRAPH: A Program for Biplot Multivariate Graphics....Pages 344-347
MONCOR--A Program to Compute Concordant and other Monotone Correlations....Pages 348-351
Computer Offerings for Statistical Graphics -- An Overview....Pages 352-355
Computing Percentiles of Large Data Sets....Pages 356-358
A Self-Describing Data File Structure for Large Data Sets....Pages 359-362
Nonlinear Estimation Using a Microcomputer....Pages 363-366
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Statistical Procedures for Low Dose Extrapolation of Quantal Response Toxicity Data....Pages 367-370
Prior Probabilities, Maximal Posterior, and Minimal Field Error Localization....Pages 371-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-378
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