WinBugs

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 01:55:48 -0500

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Folks,

I was over joyed to learn that a software package called WinBugs is
written in BlackBox/Component Pascal. WinBugs implements a relatively
new methodology called Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) for estimating
parameters of complex statistical models.

I wish we were kept informed by Oberon microsystems of who else is using
BlackBox. It would be much easier to discuss the merits of Component
Pascal if one could run off a list of companies and universities
applying the technology.

-Doug Danforth

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