XploRe
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XploRewas a commercialstatistics software package,developed by theGermansoftware company MD*Tech around Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Härdle. XploRe has been discontinued in 2008, the last version, 4.8, is available for download at no cost. The user interacted with the software via the XploReprogramming language,which is derived from theC programming language.Individual XploRe programs were calledQuantlets.
Functions
[edit]Besides the standard functions for one- and multidimensional data analysis the focus was 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
[edit]With theXploRe Quantlet Clientusers were able to run XploRe asJava appletin aweb browser.The applet sent the user commands via a TCP/IP based communication protocol to theXploRe Quantlet Server,which computed the necessary results and sent them back to the client.
This technology was also used to enrich (electronic) books with interactive examples.
See also
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Härdle, Klinke, Müller. XploRe Learning Guide. Springer.ISBN3-540-66207-3
- Härdle, Klinke, Müller. XploRe Applications Guide. Springer.ISBN3-540-67545-0