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| Analytical Eye: Seeing through the data jungle |
| As unmanageable volumes of data accumulate in our digitized working world, scientists are developing analytical techniques that make use of our ability to identify complex data relationships by means of pictorial images ...continue |
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| The Mathematics behind a Good Night’s Sleep |
| Why can’t I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally difficult to answer. In fact, researchers still don’t fully understand why we even sleep at all. However, some researchers are taking a different approach than the traditional brain scans and sleep studies. They are using mathematics ...continue |
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| Statistical Method Analyzes Infant Cries, IDs Emotions |
| Baby monitors of the future could translate infant cries, so that parents will know for certain whether their child is sleepy, hungry, needing a change or in pain. Japanese scientists report details of a statistical computer program that can analyze a baby's crying ...continue |
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| NASA Unveils Comprehensive Space-Weather Science Interface |
| When NASA’s satellite operators need accurate, real-time space-weather information, they turn to the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) of the Space Weather Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...continue |
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| Truly Random Number Approach May Improve Internet Security |
| A German team has developed a true random number generator that uses an extra layer of randomness by making a computer memory element, a flip-flop, twitch randomly between its two states 1 or 0. Immediately prior to the switch, the flip-flop is in a metastable state where its behavior cannot be predicted ...continue |
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| Fighting Crime with Math: Sophisticated models give insights on crime hotspots |
| What causes a crime wave and what measures should law enforcement use to reduce the spread of criminal offense? Researchers say they may have an answer ...continue |
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| ARTICLES |
| Maple 13: Mathematics and Modeling Made Easy |
The newest version of this software is another shocker
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
Just when you firmly believe it could not be made much simpler to use, the developers have done it again. Maple 13 has many interesting new features, but the most overwhelming is in the area of usability. Having been away from the program for a short while, it was relatively easy to glide right in and begin calculations without any pain and suffering ...continue |
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| A Multiplatform Look at Multivariate Analysis |
Stepping through a simple example using three popular commercial platforms
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
Multivariate statistical analysis is utilized when more than one observed variable is under study, and it is important to examine relationships between these variables. Most data collected by researchers is multivariate. However, in some cases, it is desirable to isolate only single variables for analysis ...continue |
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| Looking to the Near Future |
Packages become faster and smarter
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
Scientific data analysis left the pen-and-ink stage with the advent of hand calculators and computers some years back. Due to perceived needs, many software routines churned out in academia were converted to commercial packages to feed an ever-hungry industrial and governmental base ...continue |
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| Modeling Differential Equations in Biology |
A text on the mathematics of diffusion, classical ecology, geology and epidemiology
web exclusive
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
 The back cover of Modeling Differential Equations in Biology explains that, as college level science students only take the rudiments of calculus, this book fills a gap in teaching the biology students how to use differential equations in their research ...continue |
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| Manga Strikes Again! The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology |
Latest edition of Manga science and math series is a quick read and easily suitable for junior high students
web exclusive
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
 All living things are made of cells. And thus begins the adventures of Rin and Ami, two Japanese college students who have skipped too many of their intro molecular biology classes to satisfy the attendance requirement ...continue |
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| MapleSim 2: Multi-Domain Modeling and Simulation |
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
Powerful analytic engine is capable of analyzing complex physical models and allowing engineering discovery
It appears that the mathematical software from the Maplesoft folks was not enough, so now we have modeling/simulation software to assist the engineers. Let’s take a closer look ...continue |
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| PRODUCTS |
| DataScene |
| DataScene is a data graphing, animation, and analysis software package with a powerful and user-friendly interface. The user can plot colorful 2D & 3D graphs with scientific, financial, and statistical data, and manipulate, print, and export high quality graphs ...continue |
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| Spotfire 3.1 |
| Spotfire 3.1 delivers a complete platform for predictive analytics to business, technical, or scientific users. It responds faster than BI and more flexibly than spreadsheets ...continue |
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| Genedata Analyst |
| Genedata Analyst is an integrated statistical and data analysis platform with advanced visualization capabilities. Built on client-server architecture, Genedata Analyst handles huge and complex data sets of billion-plus data points while supporting small research groups or hundreds of users ...continue |
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| Wolfram Workbench 2 |
| Wolfram Workbench 2 offers the ability to create documentation for Mathematica applications, as well as improvements to code editing and navigation. Built on the Eclipse software platform, it is the designed for enterprise-class software engineering and deployment ...continue |
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| Open Inventor |
| Open Inventor is designed for high-level 3-D programming in all types of medical and life science applications. The VolumeViz extension is effective for all types of 3-D imaging ...continue |
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| Quality Companion Dashboard 3.4 |
| The Dashboard utility allows one to monitor the progress and results of all Quality Companion project files ...continue |
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