GAUSS Mathematical & Statistical Systems(TM) 7.0 UPDATE

There are a number of significant new enhancements to GAUSS with the release of GAUSS 7.0, including support for files larger than 2Gb in size, the addition of Structure Pointers, GAUSS Data Archives, redesigned documentation, and a variety of new functions.

New Features

• Files larger than 2Gb are now supported

• GAUSS 7.0 now supports multiple library paths

• Documentation for GAUSS 7.0 has been completely redesigned to be easier to use

Structure Pointers

Structures were a significant addition to the GAUSS Programming Language. Structure pointers allow you to avoid unnecessary data copying when passing structures in and out of procedures, making it possible to write faster programs than ever before.

GAUSS Data Archives

A new data set type, GAUSS Data Archives, will hold multiple matrices, N-dimensional arrays, strings, and string arrays.

New Functions

Over 30 new functions have been added to GAUSS 7.0, including:

• New numerical integration procedure for integrals over infinite intervals

• New multivariate normal and student's t cumulative distribution functions

• New thread-safe functions:

  • dstatmt

  • loessmt

  • qprogmt

• New functions for creating and opening data files:

  • datacreate

  • datacreatecomplex

  • dataopen

  • dataload

  • datasave

• Additional new commands:

  • convertsatostr

  • convertstrtosa

  • searchsourcepath

Redesigned Documentation

The documentation for GAUSS 7.0 has been completely redesigned to be easier to use.

Platforms:  Available now for Windows (32-bit), Linux (32-bit and 64-bit), and Solaris (64-bit); other platforms to follow.