Track: Modeling
An Interface Between S-PLUS and ArcView GIS
Stephen KaluznyJohn Cornelison
S-PLUS's visual modeling and exploratory analysis tools for spatial data are now accessible via an ArcView GIS extension. Shapefile attribute data can be subjected to over 2,000 data analyses including basic statistics, nonlinear regression and minimization, nonparametric regression, ANOVA, interpolation, multivariate analysis, cluster analysis, survival, and time series. Eighty two-dimensional and three-dimensional customizable graphs include Trellis multidimensional plotting- ease data exploration. Data and graphics transfer, plus direct access to S-PLUS functions and objects, are provided via Avenue. Point patterns plus geostatistical and lattice data are readily analyzed using the complementary S-PLUS SpatialStats module. ArcView GIS functions to construct spatial weight matrices according to distance and neighbor criterion simplify S-PLUS spatial regression calculations. We will demonstrate ArcView GIS maps generation with residuals or fitted values from an S-PLUS kriging object and other practical examples.
Stephen Kaluzny
MathSoft Inc.
1700 Westlake Ave., N.
Seattle, WA 98109-3012
USA
Telephone: 206/283-8802x238
Fax: 206/283-8691
E-mail: spk@statsci.com