User Guide

MPS(X) File Support
To import linear programs from a standard MPS(X) data file, use the Import-
MPS command.
Additional Information
For a complete list of commands and other Optimization package informa-
tion, refer to the ?Optimization help page.
4.6 Statistics
The Statistics package is a collection of commands and the point-and-click
Data Analysis Assistant—refer to the ?Statistics[InteractiveDataAnalysis]
help page—for performing computations in mathematical statistics and data
analysis. The package supports a wide range of common statistical tasks in-
cluding quantitative and graphical data analysis, simulation, and curve fitting.
In addition to standard data analysis tools, the Statistics package provides
a wide range of symbolic and numeric tools for computing with random
variables. The package supports over 35 major probability distributions and
can be extended to include new distributions.
Probability Distributions and Random Variables
The Statistics package supports:
• Continuous distributions, which are defined along the real line by prob-
ability density functions. Maple supports many continuous distributions,
including the normal, Student-t, Laplace, and logistic distributions.
• Discrete distributions, which have nonzero probability only at discrete
points. A discrete distribution is defined by a probability function. Maple
supports many discrete distributions, including the Bernoulli, geometric,
and Poisson distributions.
For a complete list of distributions, refer to the ?Statistics/Distributions
help page.
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