Tools for including statistical graphics in application programs.

The tools available for building application programs that include some statistical graphics are reviewed. Drawing on a sample of available graphics libraries for MS-DOS computers, several desirable features are discussed. The emphasis here is on flexibility and ease of use. The tools reviewed ar...

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Publicado en:American Statistician Vol. 48; pp. 52 - 58
Autor principal: Nash, John C.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Statistical Association February 1994
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Sumario:The tools available for building application programs that include some statistical graphics are reviewed. Drawing on a sample of available graphics libraries for MS-DOS computers, several desirable features are discussed. The emphasis here is on flexibility and ease of use. The tools reviewed are VG Volksgrapher, GraphiC, GraphPak Professional, Statistics Graphics Toolkit, and 3-D Graphics Toolkit. The overview reveals that the graphical support tools for different programming languages generally have quite limited capabilities.