1. Introduction to JMSL, IMSL and VNI Welcome to IT’s seminar on VNI package Sam Gordji, ccsam@olemiss.educcsam@olemiss.edu Weir 107

2. List of Statistical Packages SPSS SAS Mathematica MathWorks (Matlab) VNI (IMSL, PV-WAVE)

3. General Information  SAS performs statistical analysis  SPSS performs statistical analysis and is similar to SAS  Mathematica’s main function is to perform mathematical operations including statistics  MathWorks is similar to Mathematica and is available on willow and sweetgum

4. List of Statistical Packages SAS SAS (50 Copies available to the faculty and additional 50 copies are available for student use, IT has most of the SAS modules but not all). The cost for SAS is $75 per copy per year. To obtain a copy of SAS please send an email to ccsam@olemiss.edu or assist@mcsr.olemiss.edu

5. List of Statistical Packages Mathematica  Mathematica (free copy for faculty, staff, and students). To obtain a copy of Mathematica please visit: http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.ph p?pagename=mathematica.inc

6. List of Statistical Packages Matlab  Matlab (available on willow and sweetgum)  VNI is the parent company of JMSL, IMSL, PV- WAVE etc.

7. List of VNI Packages IMSL  IMSL for Fortran is a comprehensive package containing Math, stat., and special functions  IMSL for C++ is a comprehensive package containing Math, stat., and special functions  IMSL is available only on sweetgum  IMSL is a set of subroutines called by a Fortran, c or Java program

8. General Information  Email contact –Email your questions to ccsam@olemiss.educcsam@olemiss.edu  To download this and other materials visit: http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage php?pagename=mathcamp.inc  Please fill out the performance report and leave your email address so we may contact you for follow up questions

9. General Information  This seminar covers IMSL and Fortran  We’ll look at a few short IMSL examples

10. General Information  IT staff will assist users to access these packages. We also assist users to find the proper procedure to analyze their data. If you need assistance please send an email to Sam Gordji at ccsam@olemiss.edu, assist@mcsr.olemiss.eduassist@mcsr.olemiss.edu, or mathadm@olemiss.edu

11. Topics of the Day  Creating a simple Fortran Program  Running two Fortran Program with IMSL  Looking at some aspects of Fortran & IMSL  Download Fortran programs form sweetgum: /usr/local/apple/examples

12. JMSL JMSL Numerical Library is the collections of Mathematical, statistical and financial Routines Combines the power of IMSL and uses Java Link below explains IMSL Libraries ( Math, Stat. and Special Functions) http://www.vni.com/products/imsl/jmsl/jmsl.php