Powerful Client-Server versions designed to rapidly process extremely large streams of data (using multithreading and distributed processing that can scale to batteries of severs), RDE (rapid Deployment Engine), and Web-based versions are available. StatSoft offers also a selection of Deployment, Consulting, and Training services. Click here to read more about STATISTICA QC Miner.

StatSoft Announces New Version of STATISTICA Neural Networks

StatSoft recently announced the release of STATISTICA Neural Networks version 6, offering the most comprehensive selection of neural network architectures, algorithms, sampling methods and analytical graphs on the market. Intelligent problem solvers and automatic wizards make the program intuitive and among the easiest on the market to use. STATISTICA Neural Networks 6 seamlessly integrates with STATISTICA 6, the revolutionary new generation of the highest rated data analysis and visualization software, STATISTICA.

The latest version of STATISTICA Neural Networks includes:

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Integrated Six Sigma Tools, Open Architecture, and More Make STATISTICA Enterprise-wide SPC System Unique in Industry

(Tulsa, Okla.) StatSoft, Inc. is pleased to announce that Version 6 of its powerful enterprise-wide quality control and improvement application, STATISTICA Enterprise-wide SPC System (SEWSS), is now available. SEWSS Version 6 includes a number of enhancements and additional functionality that make it truly unique in the industry, including: comprehensive Six Sigma tools and a “Six Sigma-oriented” user interface, integrated Visual Basic scripting for easy automation/customization, a new Query Wizard for seamless data acquisition, complete Web enablement options, and much more.

In addition to these new enhancements, SEWSS 6 includes features that have garnered STATISTICA the highest rating in EVERY comparative review of statistics software in which it has been featured since its first release in 1993. Users and reviewers have consistently applauded the leading edge, fully integrated graphics technologies (in one review STATISTICA called “the King of Data Visualization software”) and stunning reports that can be published automatically (even on the Web).

The latest version of SEWSS, as well as STATISTICA single-user Industrial Solutions, is specifically designed for Six Sigma initiatives and is unique among QC related applications that are currently on the market in terms of the comprehensiveness of Six Sigma tools available and the “Six Sigma-orientation” of the user interface. Options for collaborative work and facilities for management of user or group permissions further enhance any organization’s Six Sigma or quality improvement initiative.

The unique open architecture of SEWSS and all STATISTICA products offers a number of distinct advantages. Users can easily customize and automate tasks using STATISTICA Visual Basic. For example, with a click of the mouse, every action can be recorded in the background in standard Visual Basic and be assigned to a toolbar and reused. In addition, every aspect of the interface can be adjusted by dragging controls with the mouse so that countless program options can be as hidden or as exposed as desired.

The Query Wizard in SEWSS 6 allows users to easily access data from a wide variety of databases such as Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase, etc. The SEWSS Query Wizard automatically builds SQL statements as the user selects the components of the query via a simple graphical interface so extensive knowledge of SQL is not necessary in order for users to create advanced and powerful queries of data in a quick and straightforward manner.

SEWSS 6 also offers two options for Web enablement for users to share documents across the hall or across continents. The first option, Entry Level WebSEWSS, is a powerful report generation tool for creating highly customized reports, formatted the way that you want, and at times that you choose. The ultimate Web-enablement option, WebSEWSS Complete, offers a complete Internet-browser based user interface and enables users to easily access data and powerful analytical tools of SEWSS and STATISTICA from virtually any computer in the world as long as it is connected to the Web. With WebSEWSS Complete all quality control processes can be managed remotely over the Internet.

Also please note that technical support for Version 5.5 has expired (free unlimited technical support is normally only offered for six months after a new generation is released).

Please visit our Web site for detailed description of new features or to request a quote, or call +61 3 9348 9422 and talk to one of our technical representatives.

The STATISTICA 6 Product Line includes:

A case study in the April 2002 issue of Quality magazine describes how Steelcase, a leading office furniture manufacturer, recently achieved unprecedented quality gains using StatSoft's popular enterprise-wide SPC software, SEWSS. According to Steelcase, the decision to purchase SEWSS was part of an enterprise-wide initiative to standardize statistical software as a process improvement tool.

One of Steelcase's objectives in this initiative was to lower the average millage (paint thickness) needed to meet customer requirements, and reduce the variation in the application of paint. A project team used SEWSS to evaluate the state of three existing paint lines, two powder coat operations and a liquid line at the Office Systems plant. When the data from film thickness gages showed significant variation in paint millage, various SEWSS tools were used to identify the sources of the variation and help develop process improvements.

The project was deemed "a tremendous success," said Paul Dzwonek, quality engineer for Steelcase's Office Systems plant in Grand Rapids. Average paint millage on one powder coat line was reduced by 15%, and the variation was reduced dramatically by 40%. In just one year, material savings amounted to more than 3 times the total investment in all of the SEWSS software, training, and implementation services purchased.

According to Steelcase, four out of fifteen Steelcase North American plants use SEWSS and expanded use is planned.

In a recent article in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (January 2002 issue) reviewers call STATISTICA Neural Networks (SNN) an "excellent package for both new and experienced users of neural networks" and "by far the best, in terms of ease of use, power."

Reviewers Jeffrey Lusk, Oklahoma State University Department of Forestry, and Steven Wilson, of EcoLogic Research, compare STATISTICA Neural Networks with Neural Connections from SPSS and Qnet 2000 from Vesta Services. They agree that "SNN's interface is more intuitive than other packages and allows users to view simultaneously data, network predictions/output, and performance statistics." They conclude that STATISTICA is "the most intuitive and easiest to use of the three packages."

They found the genetic algorithms utility unique to STATISTICA. "SNN can test various combinations of variables against each other to evolve an optimal set for subsequent neural network development. The genetic algorithm also ranks variables in the optimal subset, indicating which variables are most important. This feature is useful for removing noisy, information-poor variables from large data sets prior to further analysis. Neither of the other two neural network packages mentioned above has this capability."

They also praise the simulation tool in SNN as being "much more intuitive and easy to use than a similar tool in SPSS's Neural Connections," while "Qnet 2000 does not provide a simulation tool at all." They go on to say that "SNN will generate classification networks if it detects a categorical dependent variable in the training data set. No additional input is required from the user, and model building is again very fast and efficient....Diagnostic output is very complete, and includes a sensitivity analysis to help determine the importance of different input variable to the final model."

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KDD-2002
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
July 23 - 26, 2002
Booths 78-79

ASA's 2002 Joint Statistical Meetings
New York City, NY, USA
August 11 - 15, 2002
Booths 717-719

COMPSTAT - XV. International Symposium on Computational Statistics
Berlin, Germany
August 24 - 28, 2002

International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society
University of Plymouth, UK
September 3 - 6, 2002

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