XploRe
Encyclopedia
XploRe is the name of a commercial statistics software, developed by the German
software company MD*Tech. XploRe is not sold anymore. The last version, 4.8, is available for download at no cost. The user interacts with the software via the XploRe programming language
, which is derived from the C programming language
. Single XploRe programs are called Quantlets.
in a web browser
. The applet transmits the user commands via a TCP/IP based communication protocol to the XploRe Quantlet Server, which computes the necessary results and sends them back to the client.
This technology is used as well to enrich electronic books http://www.xplore-stat.de/ebooks/ebooks.html with interactive examples.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
software company MD*Tech. XploRe is not sold anymore. The last version, 4.8, is available for download at no cost. The user interacts with the software via the XploRe programming language
Programming language
A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....
, which is derived from the C programming language
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
. Single XploRe programs are called Quantlets.
Functions
Besides the standard functions for one- and multidimensional data analysis the focus is put on non- and semiparametric modelling and the statistics of financial markets.- Kernel density estimation and regression (kernel regression)
- Single index models
- Generalized linear and additive models (GLM and GAM)
- Value at risk (VaR) and implied volatilities
XploRe Quantlet Client
With the XploRe Quantlet Client users can run XploRe as Java appletJava applet
A Java applet is an applet delivered to users in the form of Java bytecode. Java applets can run in a Web browser using a Java Virtual Machine , or in Sun's AppletViewer, a stand-alone tool for testing applets...
in a web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
. The applet transmits the user commands via a TCP/IP based communication protocol to the XploRe Quantlet Server, which computes the necessary results and sends them back to the client.
This technology is used as well to enrich electronic books http://www.xplore-stat.de/ebooks/ebooks.html with interactive examples.
Literature
- Härdle, Klinke, Müller. XploRe Learning Guide. Springer. ISBN 3-540-66207-3
- Härdle, Klinke, Müller. XploRe Applications Guide. Springer. ISBN 3-540-67545-0