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Abstract #300792

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Activity Number: 314
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 9:00 AM to 10:50 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Computing
Abstract - #300792
Title: Using Web Technology to Extend or Customize Available Statistical Software
Author(s): John C. Nash*+ and Sudan Wang
Companies: University of Ottawa and University of Ottawa
Address: School of Management, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
Keywords: web technology ; user interface ; open source
Abstract:

Applications of statistical software benefit from customization to aid users, especially in the provision of graphical interfaces to simplify the usability of sophisticated software tools. This poster presentation uses web technology, that is, the infrastructure generally employed for working with interactive HTML pages over the internet, as a way to build such interfaces. These may be used remotely, over the internet, but may also be used via a local web server on a single computer. Our example tasks involve the development of interfaces to R and to SciLab to carry out time-series forecasting using trend-season and ARIMA modeling. This experience has been summarized in a set of recommendations as well as a proof-of-concept Java program that "writes" necessary interface program code, in our case in Perl, JavaScript, and HTML. This meta-tool is the focus of ongoing work.

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