Abstract #302026

The views expressed here are those of the individual authors
and not necessarily those of the ASA or its board, officers, or staff.

Back to main JSM 2002 Program page
JSM 2002 Abstract #302026
Activity Number: 95
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 12, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Computing*
Abstract - #302026
Title: mathStatica--Mathematical Statistics with Mathematica
Author(s): Colin Rose*+ and Murray Smith
Affiliation(s): Theoretical Research Institute and University of Sydney
Address: 66 Drumalbyn Road, Sydney, NSW, 2023, Australia
Keywords: mathStatica ; Mathematica ; computational statistics
Abstract:

mathStatica was designed to solve the algebraic/symbolic problems that are of primary interest in mathematical statistics. It does so by building upon the incredible symbolic computational power of Mathematica to create a sophisticated toolset specially designed for doing mathematical statistics. By contrast, packages like SPSS, Systat, SAS, Gauss, JMP and S-Plus provide a numerical/graphical toolset. They can illustrate, they can simulate, and they can find approximate numerical solutions to numerical problems, but they generally cannot find exact symbolic solutions to statistical problems. This paper highlights: (i) new developments in mathStatica including automated order statistics, transformations, stable distributions...; (ii) applications to teaching. mathStatica accompanies the book: Rose and Smith (2002), Mathematical Statistics with Mathematica, Springer-Verlag (Springer Texts in Statistics).

  • The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
  • Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.

Back to the full JSM 2002 program

JSM 2002

For information, contact meetings@amstat.org or phone (703) 684-1221.

If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.

Revised March 2002