Netherlands / Sweden / France / United States / Canada / Australia / United Kingdom / /
IndustryTerm
software development process / basic algorithms / software projects / survey software / prototype systems / production systems / outside software / statistical computing / computational algorithms / neural networks / much difficult data structures and algorithms / production processing / collection systems / search-and-retrieval algorithms / difficult algorithms / research software / faster algorithms / excellent hardware / final product / computer systems / survey production software / systems / methodological applications / needed software / production software / ultimate product / straightforward binary search / required algorithms / real-world systems / software raises several questions / /
OperatingSystem
Unix / Windows NT / Windows 95 / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / U. S. Bureau of the Census / Survey Organization / /
Person
William Winkler / William LaPlant / Yvan Davignon / Yves Thibaudeau / Michael Hidiroglou / Gordon Sande / Iona Schiopu-Kratina / John Kovar / Thomas Belin / Edward Porter / David S. Rubin / Mathew Jaro / Jean-Marc Filion / /
Position
economist / statistician / advisor / manager / systems analyst / first statistician / good researcher / analyst-programmer / supervisor / organizer/leader of the group / manager of such a group / programmer / /
ProgrammingLanguage
COBOL / C / /
Technology
basic algorithms / SEM algorithms / Unix / how computational algorithms / EM algorithm / computer algorithms / search-and-retrieval algorithms / computational algorithms / IML / /
Developing Analytic Programming Capability to Empower the Survey Organization William E. Winkler (U. S. Bureau of the Census) and Michael Hidiroglou (Statistics Canada) 1. Introduction In today’s environment of powerfu