Anybody heard of the SODAS Software?

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  • Sirus73
    SBR Sharp
    • 10-08-09
    • 493

    #1
    Anybody heard of the SODAS Software?
    I just found this and was wondering if anyone has heard of or used this. I have posted the info for the product below and I also have access to a direct download if you want it just email me.

    Symbolic Data Analysis and the Sodas software
    Publisher: Wiley-Interscience | Language: English

    Symbolic data analysis is a relatively new field that provides a range of methods for analyzing complex datasets. Standard statistical methods do not have the power or flexibility to make sense of very large datasets, and symbolic data analysis techniques have been developed in order to extract knowledge from such data. Symbolic data methods differ from that of data mining, for example, because rather than identifying points of interest in the data, symbolic data methods allow the user to build models of the data and make predictions about future events.
    This book is the result of the work f a pan-European project team led by Edwin Diday following 3 years work sponsored by EUROSTAT. It includes a full explanation of the new SODAS software developed as a result of this project. The software and methods described highlight the crossover between statistics and computer science, with a particular emphasis on data mining.
  • Dave Head
    SBR Hustler
    • 07-22-09
    • 73

    #2
    I haven't read "Symbolic Data Analysis and the SODAS Software" (and at a price tag of $170, I don't think I ever will). But I did check out the website. The book appears to be one of those God-awful academic anthologies where each chapter is written by a different professor. Each chapter is written independently so there is no logical flow from one chapter to the next. Often the authors are motivated by university publishing requirements for tenure or continued employment. In this case it appears that they are motivated by a publishing requirement in the sponsored research study. Either way, they have an incentive to be as unclear as possible to avoid criticism. Just go to the math section of any university library and look for books that say "edited by" on the cover. Take a quick look and you'll see what I mean. Don't worry, if I'm wrong, and SODAS turns out to be the next neural net, fuzzy logic, or whatever, you'll find out soon enough.
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