[comp.sys.amiga] statistical software

HYD@psuvm.psu.edu (09/11/90)

    I'm interested in purchasing an Amiga 3000, but one of the purposes I need
a micro for is statistical analysis and numerical computing. Does anybody have
a list of the stat software available for the Amiga?

                             Thanks in advance,  Paul

collins@Alliant.COM (Phil Collins) (09/12/90)

    There is not too much Statistical software out for the Amiga.BUT! I have  
Amax and was able to use Stat-View 512 for the Mac and it worked wonderful.It worked even faster on the amiga than a friends Mac.The only draw back is the software package cost 400.00.But it was well worth it.The screen did flicker but not much.One other thing I did purchase a Mac drive,it made things alot easier.The new version of amax you don't need the drive. Well good luck!

ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi (09/14/90)

At least Lionheart Press, Inc. has a set of statistical softaware for Amiga. 
I have not seen these programs, but I have their brochure. Their address is:
  
 Lionheart Press, P.O. Box 379, Alburg, VT, 05440, U.S.A. 
 Fax: (514)-939-3087   Tel: (514)-933-4918


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  Reijo Ronkko     University of Helsinki, Dept. of General Microbiology,
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                   Fax +358-0-4735426
  
                   Ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi
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duncan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Shan D Duncan) (09/14/90)

From article <3097.26efdbc2@cc.helsinki.fi>, by ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi:
> 
> At least Lionheart Press, Inc. has a set of statistical softaware for Amiga. 
> I have not seen these programs, but I have their brochure. Their address is:
>   
>  Lionheart Press, P.O. Box 379, Alburg, VT, 05440, U.S.A. 
>  Fax: (514)-939-3087   Tel: (514)-933-4918
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Reijo Ronkko     University of Helsinki, Dept. of General Microbiology,
>                    Mannerheimintie 172, 00300 Helsinki, FINLAND
>                    Fax +358-0-4735426
>   
>                    Ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



This was dumped in my mailbox today.  Haven't had time to check
it out. But thought I would post for everyone's edification.

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Subject: XLISP-STAT Version 2.1
Status: R

This note is to announce the availability of Version 2.1 of
XLISP-STAT, an extensible system for statistical computing and dynamic
graphics.

XLISP-STAT is based on a dialect of Lisp called XLISP. It is available
for the Apple Macintosh, for workstations running the X11 window
system under BSD UNIX (and perhaps System V with BSD enhancements),
and for Sun workstations running SunView. A version for the Commodore
Amiga is available as well.

The system is based on David Betz' XLISP 2.1, which is written in C.
To facilitate statistical computations I have modified standard Lisp
functions for addition, logarithms, etc., to operate on lists and
arrays of numbers, and have also added a number of basic statistical
functions. About two thirds of the additions are written in C; the
rest are written in Lisp. Several basic forms of plots, including
histograms, scatterplots, 3-dimensional rotatable plots and
scatterplot matrices are provided.  These plots support various forms
of interactive highlighting operations and can be linked so points
highlighted in one plot will be highlighted in all linked plots.
Interactions with the plots are controlled by the mouse, menus and
dialog boxes. An object-oriented programming system is used to make it
possible to customize menus, dialogs, and the way plots respond to
mouse actions.

Source code for the UNIX version, which can be compiled without
graphics, for X11 graphics, or for SunView graphics, is available by
anonymous ftp from

	umnstat.stat.umn.edu (128.101.51.1)

It is in the file xlispstat2.1R1.tar.Z in the directory pub/xlispstat.
(The version and release numbers will be updated as changes are
made/bugs are fixed).  This system has been compiled on a VAX, DEC
3100 (pmax), Sun 3, Encore Multimax and (with a modified Makefile) a
Cray XMP.

The Macintosh version is also available by anonymous ftp from the
address given above. The Macintosh distribution consists of two parts,
contained in the files

	XLISP-STAT2.1R1.Disk1.sit.Hqx
	XLISP-STAT2.1R1.Disk2.sit.Hqx

in the directory pub/xlispstat. These files contain archives created
with StuffIt 1.5.1 that have been binhexed with BinHex 4.0. The
Macintosh distribution includes two versions of the system, one for
macs with a math coprocessor and one for generic macs. Source code for
the Macintosh version is included in the UNIX sources.

For reasonable operation the Mac version requires 2MB of memory. It
may be possible to use it on very small problems with only 1MB. The
program is fairly slow on a Mac Plus or SE.

A tutorial introduction to the system is available. It is written
primarily for the Macintosh version, but the differences to the UNIX
version are minor. The tutorial is available as a set of LaTeX files
in xlispstat.doc.tar.Z in the directory pub/xlispstat at the ftp
address above.

If you do not have access to anonymous ftp, you can obtain the source
code and documentation from the statlib archive. To find out how to do
this, send a mail message to

	statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu

containing the line

	send index from xlispstat

More complete documentation will be published as a book that should be
available from Wiley in October 1990. The title of the book is
"Lisp-Stat: An object-oriented environment for statistical computing
and dynamic graphics."

For further information contact

	Luke Tierney
	School of Statistics
	University of Minnesota
	Minneapolis, Mn. 55455

	luke@umnstat.stat.umn.edu


			COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
				   
******************************************************************************
* XLISP-STAT 2.1 Copyright (c) 1990, by Luke Tierney
* XLISP version 2.1, Copyright (c) 1989, by David Betz.
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
* documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
* the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
* copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
* documentation, and that the name of Luke Tierney and David Betz not be
* used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
* without specific, written prior permission.  Luke Tierney and David Betz
* make no representations about the suitability of this software for any
* purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
*
* LUKE TIERNEY AND DAVID BETZ DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
* SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS,
* IN NO EVENT SHALL LUKE TIERNEY NOR DAVID BETZ BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
* INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
* LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
* OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
* PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
* 
* XLISP-STAT AUTHOR:
*               Luke Tierney
*               School of Statistics
*               University of Minnesota
*               Minneapolis, MN 55455
*               (612) 625-7843
* 
*       Email Address:
*               internet: luke@umnstat.stat.umn.edu
*
* XLISP AUTHOR:
*              David Betz
*              P.O. Box 144
*              Peterborough, NH 03458
*              (603) 924-4145
******************************************************************************

jea@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) (09/17/90)

This note is to announce the availability of Version 2.1 of
XLISP-STAT, an extensible system for statistical computing and dynamic
graphics.

XLISP-STAT is based on a dialect of Lisp called XLISP. It is available
for the Apple Macintosh, for workstations running the X11 window
system under BSD UNIX (and perhaps System V with BSD enhancements),
and for Sun workstations running SunView. A version for the Commodore
Amiga is available as well.

The system is based on David Betz' XLISP 2.1, which is written in C.
To facilitate statistical computations I have modified standard Lisp
functions for addition, logarithms, etc., to operate on lists and
arrays of numbers, and have also added a number of basic statistical
functions. About two thirds of the additions are written in C; the
rest are written in Lisp. Several basic forms of plots, including
histograms, scatterplots, 3-dimensional rotatable plots and
scatterplot matrices are provided.  These plots support various forms
of interactive highlighting operations and can be linked so points
highlighted in one plot will be highlighted in all linked plots.
Interactions with the plots are controlled by the mouse, menus and
dialog boxes. An object-oriented programming system is used to make it
possible to customize menus, dialogs, and the way plots respond to
mouse actions.

Source code for the UNIX version, which can be compiled without
graphics, for X11 graphics, or for SunView graphics, is available by
anonymous ftp from

	umnstat.stat.umn.edu (128.101.51.1)

It is in the file xlispstat2.1R1.tar.Z in the directory pub/xlispstat.
(The version and release numbers will be updated as changes are
made/bugs are fixed).  This system has been compiled on a VAX, DEC
3100 (pmax), Sun 3, Encore Multimax and (with a modified Makefile) a
Cray XMP.

The Macintosh version is also available by anonymous ftp from the
address given above. The Macintosh distribution consists of two parts,
contained in the files

	XLISP-STAT2.1R1.Disk1.sit.Hqx
	XLISP-STAT2.1R1.Disk2.sit.Hqx

in the directory pub/xlispstat. These files contain archives created
with StuffIt 1.5.1 that have been binhexed with BinHex 4.0. The
Macintosh distribution includes two versions of the system, one for
macs with a math coprocessor and one for generic macs. Source code for
the Macintosh version is included in the UNIX sources.

For reasonable operation the Mac version requires 2MB of memory. It
may be possible to use it on very small problems with only 1MB. The
program is fairly slow on a Mac Plus or SE.

A tutorial introduction to the system is available. It is written
primarily for the Macintosh version, but the differences to the UNIX
version are minor. The tutorial is available as a set of LaTeX files
in xlispstat.doc.tar.Z in the directory pub/xlispstat at the ftp
address above.

If you do not have access to anonymous ftp, you can obtain the source
code and documentation from the statlib archive. To find out how to do
this, send a mail message to

	statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu

containing the line

	send index from xlispstat

More complete documentation will be published as a book that should be
available from Wiley in October 1990. The title of the book is
"Lisp-Stat: An object-oriented environment for statistical computing
and dynamic graphics."

For further information contact

	Luke Tierney
	School of Statistics
	University of Minnesota
	Minneapolis, Mn. 55455

	luke@umnstat.stat.umn.edu


			COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
				   
******************************************************************************
* XLISP-STAT 2.1 Copyright (c) 1990, by Luke Tierney
* XLISP version 2.1, Copyright (c) 1989, by David Betz.
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
* documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
* the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
* copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
* documentation, and that the name of Luke Tierney and David Betz not be
* used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
* without specific, written prior permission.  Luke Tierney and David Betz
* make no representations about the suitability of this software for any
* purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
*
* LUKE TIERNEY AND DAVID BETZ DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
* SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS,
* IN NO EVENT SHALL LUKE TIERNEY NOR DAVID BETZ BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
* INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
* LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
* OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
* PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
* 
* XLISP-STAT AUTHOR:
*               Luke Tierney
*               School of Statistics
*               University of Minnesota
*               Minneapolis, MN 55455
*               (612) 625-7843
* 
*       Email Address:
*               internet: luke@umnstat.stat.umn.edu
*
* XLISP AUTHOR:
*              David Betz
*              P.O. Box 144
*              Peterborough, NH 03458
*              (603) 924-4145
******************************************************************************

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Subject: Re:  XLISP-stat for the amiga
Status: R

The port to the Amiga was done by Jim Lindsey at the University of
Liege.  If there is enough demand I will try to make this version
available electronically, but for now I am referring requests to Jim.
His address is

Professeur J. K. Lindsey
Universite de Liege
Faculte d'Economie, De Gestion, et de Sciences Sociales
Sart Tilman B31
4000 Liege
Belgium

luke