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Maxdata: A Time Series Database System

Autor Wilhelm A. Hennerkes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 1990
This handbook gives a detailed introduction to the Time Series Database System MAXDATA, which offers a very simple and convenient handling of voluminous numerical databases on a personal computer. It may be regarded as a special education and teaching instrument for the management and evaluation of empirical data and will teach the reader how to do empirical work without any effort. The handbook aims to give the reader a precise idea of the creation, management, documentation and evaluation of voluminous numerical databases on a microcomputer and gives some tips for managing individual numerical databases, but also for having direct access to official national and international economic offline databases. We believe that you will not regret your decision to use MAXDATA in your day-to-day work with statistical data, analyses, graphics, reports etc. Our aim was to design a software product which solves all the major problems associated with professional, decentralized data processing, whilst meeting the highest user requirements for user-friendliness and performance. We hope we have succeeded; positive user response appear to prove our point. Why MAXDATA was created MAXDATA was born of frustration at the multiplicity of computer programs flooding the software market, many of which offer extremely high performance (almost to the point of confusion) but which can generally only be used by computer specialists or those who have undergone a long period of training.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783540522096
ISBN-10: 3540522093
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: XIII, 151 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

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This handbook gives a detailed introduction to the Time Series Database System MAXDATA, which offers a very simple and convenient handling of voluminous numerical databases on a personal computer. It may be regarded as a special education and teaching instrument for the management and evaluation of empirical data and will teach the reader how to do empirical work without any effort. The handbook aims to give the reader a precise idea of the creation, management, documentation and evaluation of voluminous numerical databases on a microcomputer and gives some tips for managing individual numerical databases, but also for having direct access to official national and international economic offline databases. We believe that you will not regret your decision to use MAXDATA in your day-to-day work with statistical data, analyses, graphics, reports etc. Our aim was to design a software product which solves all the major problems associated with professional, decentralized data processing, whilst meeting the highest user requirements for user-friendliness and performance. We hope we have succeeded; positive user response appear to prove our point. Why MAXDATA was created MAXDATA was born of frustration at the multiplicity of computer programs flooding the software market, many of which offer extremely high performance (almost to the point of confusion) but which can generally only be used by computer specialists or those who have undergone a long period of training.

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1. Hints for Studying the Handbook.- 1.1 Hint I: Readme File.- 1.2 Hint II: Survey of the Handbook.- 2. Philosophy.- 3. Concept.- 3.1 MAXDATA is Different.- 3.2 High Degree of User-Friendliness.- 3.3 Links to the World’s Databanks and Software Systems.- 3.4 Special Features.- 4. Summary of the MAXDATA Viewing Modes.- 4.1 Table Mode (MAXDATA option REPORT).- 4.2 Statistics Mode (MAXDATA option STATISTICS).- 4.3 Forecasting Mode (MAXDATA option REGRESSION).- 4.4 Formulae Mode (MAXDATA option CALCULATION).- 4.5 Regression Mode (MAXDATA option REGRESSION).- 4.6 Commentary Mode.- 4.7 Graphics Mode (MAXDATA option CHART).- 5. The MAXDATA Central Databank.- 5.1 MAXDATA Data Series.- 5.2 Structure of the MAXDATA Central Databank.- 5.3 Periodicities of the Central Databank.- 5.4 Time Horizon of the Central Databank.- 5.5 Central Databank Storage Capacity.- 5.6 Backup Copy of the Central Databank.- 5.7 Some Notes on the Treatment of Zeros and Missing Values.- 6. Installation of MAXDATA.- 6.1 MAXDATA Master Diskettes.- 6.2 Adaption of the DOS File CONFIG.SYS.- 6.3 MAXDATA Using Diskettes.- 6.4 MAXDATA Using Hard Disks.- 7. Start of MAXDATA.- 7.1 Screen Adaption.- 7.2 Batch Start of MAXDATA.- 7.3 Choice of Periodicity of the Central Databank.- 7.4 Creation of a Central Databank.- 7.5 Choice of an Existing Central Databank.- 7.6 Initialization of the Central Databank and RAM Variables.- 8. MAXDATA Main Menu.- 9. Some Principal MAXDATA Inquiries and Characteristics.- 9.1 Name Inquiry.- 9.2 Screen Display of Names.- 9.3 Period Inquiry.- 9.4 The Editor.- 9.5 The ESC Key.- 10. MAXDATA Options.- 10.1 INSERT.- 10.1.1 Data Series Documentation.- 10.1.2 Data Acquisition Period.- 10.1.3 Data Acquisition.- 10.1.4 Automatic Re-basing.- 10.1.5 Missing Values and True Zeros.- 10.1.6 Central Databank Full / No Storage Capacity.- 10.2 DELETE.- 10.3 UPDATE.- 10.3.1 UPDATE Command.- 10.3.2 UPDATE Command File.- 10.3.3 Updating of the Databank.- 10.3.3.1 Creation of a new UPDATE Command File.- 10.3.3.2 Editing an Existing UPDATE Command File.- 10.3.3.3 Execution of UPDATE Commands.- 10.3.3.4 Documentation of Updating.- 10.4 LIST.- 10.4.1 Display of a List of Contents of the Central Databank.- 10.4.2 Search of Data Series with Text Fragment.- 10.4.3 Search of Data Series with Name Fragment.- 10.4.4 Direct Display of Data Series Searched.- 10.5 PRINT.- 10.5.1 Printing the Contents of the Entire Central Databank.- 10.5.2 Printing the Contents of Part of the Central Databank.- 10.5.3 Printing a List of Contents.- 10.6 REPORT.- 10.6.1 Form and Structure of REPORT Tables.- 10.6.2 Defmition of a Table.- 10.6.3 Screen Display of Tables.- 10.6.4 Printout of a Table.- 10.6.5 Output to a Text File.- 10.7 RENAME.- 10.8 TRANSFORM.- 10.8.1 TRANSFO Databank.- 10.8.2 The Variables CONSTANT and TREND.- 10.8.3 Basic Types of Calculation.- 10.8.4 Square Root, Exponent, LN, EXP, SIN, COS.- 10.8.5 Moving Averages.- 10.8.5.1 Allocation to End of Period.- 10.8.5.2 Centered Moving Averages.- 10.8.6 LAGs and LEADs.- 10.8.7 Factor Option: Multiplication and Division Using Constants.- 10.8.8 Changing the Periodicity.- 10.8.8.1 Summing Method.- 10.8.8.2 Mean-Value Method.- 10.8.8.3 Special Features of Change of Periodicity.- 10.8.9 Non-Calculable Values.- 10.9 IMPORT.- 10.9.1 Import from Another MAXDATA Central Databank.- 10.9.2 Import from a TRANSFO Databank.- 10.9.3 Import from MAXDATA-Unrelated Files.- 10.9.3.1 Import of Individual Data Series.- 10.9.3.2 Import of Whole Files.- 10.9.3.3 Import of Documentary Texts of Data Series.- 10.9.3.4 Automatic Updating and Historical Memory.- 10.9.3.5 Problems with Data Import.- 10.9.4 DSI’s Diskette Databanks.- 10.9.5 DSI-Trans.- 10.10 EXPORT.- 10.10.1 EXPORT Macro Commands.- 10.10.2 EXPORT Command File.- 10.10.3 Data Export.- 10.10.3.1 Creation of a new EXPORT Command File.- 10.10.3.2 Editing an Existing EXPORT Command File.- 10.10.3.3 Choice of File Format for the Data to be Exported.- 10.10.4 Definition of File Formats.- 10.10.5 Screen Display of Exported Data.- 10.11 CHART.- 10.11.1 Immediate Graphic Display.- 10.11.2 Some Technical Details.- 10.11.3 CHART Main Menu.- 10.11.4 Definition and Presentation of Graphics.- 10.11.4.1 Logarithmic Scale.- 10.11.4.2 Automatic Scaling.- 10.11.4.3 Individual Scaling.- 10.11.4.4 Graphics Screen Editor.- 10.11.4.5 Printout of Graphics.- 10.11.5 The CHART Options.- 10.11.5.1 LINE Option.- 10.11.5.2 BAR Option.- 10.11.5.3 PIE Option.- 10.11.5.4 SCATTER Option.- 10.11.6 Treatment of Missing Data.- 10.11.6.1 Missing Data in a Time Interval.- 10.11.6.2 Missing Data at Start and End of a Time Interval.- 10.11.6.3 Too Many Missing Data.- 10.12 STATISTICS.- 10.12.1 Statistical Indicators.- 10.12.1.1 Non-Calculable Values.- 10.12.1.2 Treatment of Missing Data.- 10.12.2 Growth Rates.- 10.12.2.1 Based on the Previous Year.- 10.12.2.2 Based on the Previous Period.- 10.12.2.3 Growth Rate Indicators.- 10.12.3 Definition of a Statistical Analysis.- 10.12.4 Screen Display of Results.- 10.12.5 Printout of the Results.- 10.12.6 Storage of the Results in a Text File.- 10.12.7 Storage of Growth Rates.- 10.13 REGRESSION.- 10.13.1 Regression Methods Employed.- 10.13.2 The Variables CONSTANT and TREND.- 10.13.3 DefInition of a Regression.- 10.13.4 Presentation of the Estimates.- 10.13.4.1 Structure of the Result Table.- 10.13.4.2 Result Table for a Working Example.- 10.13.4.3 Output of Result Tables.- 10.13.4.4 Output of Variance-Covariance-Matrix.- 10.13.4.5 Non-Calculable and Missing Values.- 10.13.5 REGRESSION Menu Options.- 10.13.5.1 Storage of the Estimates.- 10.13.5.2 Reestimation for a Different Sample Period.- 10.13.5.3 New Estimate Using a Different Estimation Method.- 10.13.6 Trend Regression.- 10.13.6.1 Trend Calculation.- 10.13.6.2 Trend Smoothing.- 10.13.6.3 Trend Forecasting.- 10.13.6.4 Status-Quo Forecasting of Company Profits.- 10.13.7 Forecasts.- 10.13.7.1 Ex-Post Forecasts.- 10.13.7.2 Ex-Ante Forecasts.- 10.13.8 Estimation Procedures for Interdependent Systems of Equations.- 10.13.8.1 Two-stage Least Square Method (2SLS).- 10.13.8.2 Method of Instrument Variables.- 10.14 CALCULATION.- 10.14.1 Concept.- 10.14.1.1 Definition File.- 10.14.1.2 The Definition Equation of an Indicator.- 10.14.1.3 Mathematical Functions.- 10.14.1.4 DefInition Equation of a Balance Sheet Analysis Model.- 10.14.1.5 Definition Equation as a Means of Forecasting.- 10.14.2 CALCULATION Menu Options.- 10.14.2.1 Definition and Calculation of a new Indicator.- 10.14.2.2 Re-Calculation ofIndicators.- 10.14.2.3 Screen Display of Definition Equations.- 10.14.2.4 Amendment of DefInition Equations.- 10.14.2.5 Deletion of Definition Equations.- 10.15 PATH/SYSTEM.- 11. Treatment of Errors.- 11.1 Turbo-Pascal Errors.- 11.2 Turbo-Graphix Errors.- 11.3 Incorrect Graphics Board.- 11.4 Other Possible Sources of Error.- 11.5 Procedure with Systematic Errors.- 11.6 Guarantee.- A. Hardware Requirements.- B. On the MAXDATA Demonstration Software and Database.- C. Official National and International Economic Statistical Data on Diskette.- Cl. Offline Databases of the DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK.- C2. Offline Databases of the E.C. COMMISSION (EUROSTAT).- C3. Offline Databases of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.- C4. Offline Databases of the ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT.- C5. Offline Databases of CITICORP.- C6. Classification Plan on Some Macroeconomic Offline Databases of the E.C.COMMISSION (EUROSTAT).- D. Copyright Information.- Abstract.- Order Form for Demo Diskettes.