Developing Statistical Software in Fortran 95 by David R Lemmon

Developing Statistical Software in Fortran 95 by David R Lemmon

Offers statisticians, biostatisticians and methodologically-oriented researchers the tools they need to develop high-quality statistical software. This book offers advice on how to program in Fortran 95 using a pseudo object-oriented style; write accurate and efficient computational procedures; and create console applications.

From the reviews:

"This book should be read by all statisticians, engineers, and scientists who want to implement an algorithm as a computer programThe book is the best introduction to programming that I have ever read. I value it as one of my important reference books in my personal library." Melvin J. Hinich for Techonmetrics, November 2006

"Overall, the book is well written and provides a reasonable introduction to the use of modern versions of Fortran for statistical computation. The real thrust of the book is building COM interfaces using Fortran, and it will no doubt be most useful to anyone who needs to build such interfaces." Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2006

"The book is well written and is divided into chapters and sections which are coherent...Overall the book seems like a good resource for someone that already knows some dialect of FORTRAN and wants to learn a bit about what is new in FORTRAN 95..." Robert Gentleman for the Journal of Statistical Software, December 2006

"The purpose of this book is to help statisticians, (theory and) application-oriented developers, and researchers who need statistical computer programs to write a good FORTRAN program for the first time. Since good programming style can be taught and learned, the authors try for their potential readers to get into the experience of developing FORTRAN applications as quick, painless and rewarding as possible." (Silvia Curteanu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1076, 2006)

"This book is designed to teach applied statisticians how to write reliable, maintainable and re-usable programs using modern Fortran, and how to access these programs from other software. … I heartily recommend this book to anyone wishing to develop modern statistical software in Fortran – even those with considerable experience will learn something from it. For anyone used to writing long subroutines in FORTRAN 77, itshould be considered compulsory. The style is engaging … and the use of statistical examples and exercises very helpful." (Len Thomas, Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 34 (3), 2007)

"Fortran is still unrivalled with respect to computing speed. … Its aim is rather to present instructions for writing good programs. … The text is written very readably. The explanations always take place along well-chosen example applications. The book makes undoubtedly a persuasive case for choosing Fortran for programming statistical software. … it offers enough suggestions and instructions for creating good programs that it is to be recommended to all who program statistically." (Rainer Schlittgen, Advances in Statistical Analysis, Vol. 91, 2007)

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ISBN 13	9780387238173
ISBN 10	0387238174
Title	Developing Statistical Software in Fortran 95
Author	David R Lemmon
Series	Statistics And Computing
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2005-05-06
Number of pages	324
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.