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A Structured Language for Modelling Statistical Data

  • T. Catarci
  • G. D’Angiolini
  • M. Lenzerini
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Abstract

In this paper we describe a new language for statistical data modelling, which offers a general framework for the representation of elementary and summary data. Three are the main characteristics of the language: 1) the types of modeling primitives of the language are particularly suited for representing objects from a statistical point of view; 2) the language includes a rich set of structuring mechanisms for both elementary and summary data, which are given a formal semantics by means of logic; 3) the language is equipped with specialized inference procedures, allowing for performing different kinds of checks on the representation.

Keywords

Function Symbol Statistical Unit Summary Data Statistical Survey Statistical Database 
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© Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 1990

Authors and Affiliations

  • T. Catarci
    • 1
  • G. D’Angiolini
    • 1
  • M. Lenzerini
    • 1
  1. 1.RomaItaly

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