LISP-STAT
An Object-Oriented Environment for Statistical Computing and Dynamic Graphics

Luke Tierney (Author)

9780471509165, Wiley

Hardback, published 6 December 1990

416 pages
23.8 x 15.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.733 kg

Written for the professional statistician or graduate statistics student, the primary objective of this book is to describe a system, based on the LISP language, for statistical computing and dynamic graphics to show how it can be used as an effective platform for a wide range of statistical computing tasks ranging from basic calculations to customizing dynamic graphs. In addition, it introduces object-oriented programming and graphics programming in a statistical context. The discussion of these ideas is based on the Lisp-Stat system; readers with access to such a system can reproduce the examples presented and use them as a basis for further experimentation and study.

A Lisp-Stat Tutorial.

Programming in Lisp.

Additional Lisp Features.

Statistical Functions.

Object-Oriented Programming.

Windows, Menus, and Dialogs.

Graphics Windows.

Statistical Graphics Windows.

Some Dynamic Graphics Examples.

Bibliography.

Answers to Selected Exercises.

The XLISP-STAT Implementation.

Index.

Subject Areas: Mathematics [PB]