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Activity Number:
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61
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 3, 2008 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Computing
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| Abstract - #301752 |
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Title:
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SAFAL: Statistical Analysis Functions Automating Language
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Author(s):
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Babubhai V. Shah*+
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Companies:
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SAFAL Institute Inc.
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Address:
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22 Autumn Woods Dr., Durham, NC, 27713,
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Keywords:
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Statistical computing ; Survey data analysis ; Functional languge
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Abstract:
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The objective of this paper is to present an implementation of a prototype for SAFAL: Statistical Analysis Functions Automating Language. SAFAL uses a programming paradigm that is unique. Each statement of SAFAL is not an instruction to a computer, but is a definition of a symbol, using algebraic functional syntax. The statements in a SAFAL program are mathematical definitions (or input output specifications) of the relevant entities. Hence, the order in which they are specified in irrelevant. The design of SAFAL is aimed at statistical analysis in general, but the initial implementation as functions that more relevant to analysis of complex survey data. The basic data structure for SAFAL is a generalized multidimensional array (GMDA) with normal as well as virtual dimensions. The paper describes GMDA its underlying mathematics.
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