E n o. 2 0 U D P I Museum and University Data, Program and Information Exchange AVAILABLE MATERIALS During the past few years several reprints^ papers f programs and similar materials have been either sent to or made available upon request to MUDPIE readers. There has been a steady growth in the list of recipients of MUDPIE, however, and many who might be interested in the materials have not received them. The fol¬ lowing list shows what we still have, and we will send them out. as long as the supply lasts. Please send your requests to the Secretary, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History , Washington DC 20560. Bull, C. A. & R. Shank. Non-Conventional File Structure Data- Collecting in the Smithsonian Institution: A Survey. Smithsonian Library, Dec., 1970: misc. pagination. Council on Biological Sciences Information. Information Handling in the Life Sciences. Division of Biology and Agriculture, National Research Council, Feb. , 1970: 79 pp. Morse, L. E., J. A. Peters, & P. B. Hamel. A general data format for summarizing taxonomic information. BioScience, vol 21, 1971: 174-180, 186. Morse, L. E. Specimen identification and key construction with time-sharing computers. Taxon, vol. 20 , 19 71 : 269-282. Peters, J. A. & B. B. Collette. The role of time-share computing in museum research. Curator, vol. 11: 65-75. Peters, J. A. Computer techniques in systematics—discussion. IN: Systematic Biology; Nat Acad Sci, Washington, 1969: 610-613. Peters, J. A. Biostatistical programs in BASIC language for time-shared computers: Coordinated with the book "Quantita¬ tive Zoology." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 69, 1971: 1-46. Waller, T. R. Two FORTRAN II programs for the univariate and bivariate analysis of morphometric data. USNatMus Bulletin 285, 1968: 1-55. '• - - ■ • ■ " , . ■ ' •: - ! - 1 - ■* xrt-. , •>* 1 • ■ '■ \ -2 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS The Fisheries Research Board of Canada issues a series of technical reports at irregular intervals, which they indicate are "research documents of sufficient importance to be preserved, but which for some reason are not appropriate for scientific publica¬ tion. " Since they anticipate some of the material will eventually appear in scientific papers, they suggest care be taken to indi¬ cate the roanuscript status if cited elsewhere. They have just issued Technical Report no. 244, which is entitled "Multivariate Analysis for the Fisheries Biology," written by P. J. Lee (1971, vi + 182 pp.). The chapter headings are: Matrix Algebra; Concepts of Mathematical Statistics; Multiple Regression and Correlation; Principal Components; Canonical Correlation and Canonical Trend Surfaces; Discriminant Functions; and Factor Analysis. This is followed by listings of programs in FORTRAN IV, including the following: CANONICAL CORRELATION PROGRAM CANONICAL TREND SURFACE PROGRAM PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS PROGRAM DISCRIMINATORY ANALYSIS PROGRAM SUBROUTINES (needed for running above) According to the title page, inquiries about the report should be sent to the following; Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Fresh- water Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Presumably it is available for distribution from them.--JAP. STATISTICAL ECOLOGY An advanced institute on statistical ecology is scheduled at Penn State University June 19 to July 29, 1972. It is sponsored by the International Association of Ecology and the International Statistical Institute. It wi11 include work on modeling and simu¬ lation of biological populations, chance mechanisms and statistical distribution in ecology, measurement and detection of spatial patterns, sampling biological populations, multivariate methods in ecology, and quantitative population dynamics and systems analysis in ecology. Included will be individual study, work on independent problems, participant seminars, small group discussions and work¬ shops. The course is aimed at graduate faculty, post-doctorals, advanced graduate students, and research scientists involved in statistical ecology. Requirements include: 1 year of calculus, 1 yr of probability and statistics, one year of biology and ecology, 1 course in linear algebra, and 1 course in computer programming. Participants are supported by NSF. Applications go to G. P. Patil, Director, Advanced Institute on Statistical Ecology, 330 McAllister Bldg, University Park PA 16802. t ' 4 -3- MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY, 1962-1970 Geosystems (P.O. Box 1024, Calgary 2, Alberta Canada) has devoted issue no. 3/11 of the "Geo com Bulletin" to a complete listing of all papers presented at conferences either devoted to mathematical geology or including papers on the subject, and it makes an impressive listing. From the introduction s "This issue contains a partial listing of papers that have been presented at conferences, symposia, meetings, courses and seminars since 1962, and are of interest in mathematical geology. Conferences are listed in date order." There is an author index, but no subj ect index.--JAP. AVAILABLE PROGRAMS GRADOR—Takes scores which a class has made on an examination and computes the following statistics on them: mean, mean %, standard deviation, standard error, coefficient of variance, median, skewness, kurtosis, number of scores, highest possible grade, highest grade made, lowest possible grade, lowest made, range, standard deviation of range, range %. The program also ranks the scores, lists them in descend¬ ing order, gives the percentage of a perfect score for each rank, the frequency of each score, and finally pro¬ duces a graph of the score versus frequency. Written in BASIC by Werner Heim, Dept. of Biology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs CO 80903, for use on Hewlett-Packard 2OOOC. Can be run on any BASIC compiler. Available from author. SURVEY OF COMPUTER PROGRAM CATALOGS-II WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION A compilation of the computer programs in use at Woods Hole is available for limited distribution only. The Institution for¬ merly sponsored "COPE"--"Cooperative Oceanographic Programming Effort," but this no longer exists, and they no longer maintain a continuing exchange. The Institution does have a series of pro¬ grams avai1able for in-house use, however, and will make copies of the pertinent section in their "Computer Users Handbook" available to others who might wish to take advantage of their tested pro¬ grams. The list includes about 90 programs, grouped under the following headers: Input-Output; Conversion; Oceanographic; Stat¬ istical; Mathematical; Utility; Housekeeping; and Graphic Display. The listing is available from Jacqueline Webster, Information Processing Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA 02543.--James A. Peters. -4 <• RECENT LITERATURE Apter, M. J. The computer simulation of behavior. Hutchinson Univ. Library, London, 1970: 1-180. Bartels, P. H., G. F. Bahr, J. C. Bellamy, M. Bibbo, D. L. Rich¬ ards, & G. L. Wied. A self-learning computer program for cell recognition. Acta Cytologica, vol. 14, 1970: 486-494. Benz, C. W. PASSI0N--Program for Algebraic Sequences Specifically of Input-Output Nature. W. H. Freeman, 1971: pp. viii + 92. (A system designed for economic data matrix manipulation, and primarily set up for IBM card input. Programs in Fortran IV are included.) Crovello, T. J . The fourth annual numerical taxonomy conference. Systematic Zoology, vol. 20, 1971: 233-238. Daniel, C. & F. S. Wood. Fitting Equations to Data. Wiley-Inter- Science, New York, 1971: xv + 342. Furlow, J. J., & J. H. Beaman. Sample taxonomic data matrices for vascular pi ants prepared by students at Michigan S tate Uni¬ versity. Flora North America Report 56, 1971: 1-118. Hall, A. V. A computer-based method for showing continua and communities in ecology. Journal of Ecology, vol. 58, 1970: 591-602. Jackson, R. C. & T. J. Crovello. A comparison of numerical and biosystematic studies in Haplopappus. Brittonia, vol. 2 3, 1971: 54-70. / Johnson, L. R. System structure in data, programs, and computers. Prentice-Hall, 1970: xiii + 303. Morse, L. E. Specimen identification and key construction with time-sharing computers. Taxon, vol. 20, 1971: 269-282. Morse, L. E., J. J. Furlow, & J. H. Beaman. Computers in Systematic Biology. Flora North America Report 62, 1971: 1-58. (This report summarizes the work done and results obtained during a two year experimental course under the above title at Mich¬ igan State—see MUDPIE no. 9 for an early summary.) Peckham, H. D. Computers, BASIC, and Physics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1971: 1-320. (Presents a brief introduction to BASIC, and then develops the various ways the language can be used in physics. These ways are in many cases easily adaptable to biology. In most cases programs are printed in the text, and demonstrate the power of BASIC to handle all kinds of physical problems.—JAP) ■ ' ■ ** ’■ s.. ; . ■ ■ ■■ ■ i ' . ” ■ € RECENT LITERATURE S ackman, H. Mass Information Utilities and Social Excellence. Auerbach, Princeton, 1971: ix + 284. Schneider, J. H. Selective dissemination and indexing of scien tific information. Science, vol. 173, 1971: 300-308. Sneath, P. H. A. Numerical taxonomy: criticisms and Bio logical Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 147-157. Squires, D. F. biological 62. critiques. 3, 1971: An information storage and retrieval system for and geological data. Curator, vol. 13, 19/0: 43 Yankelevich N., G., & J. Negrete-M. El uso del contenido de informacion de las caracteristicas en la identificacion taxonomica automatizada. Bol. Estud. Med. Biol. Mex., vol. 26, 1969: 73-79. YOU SAW IT FIRST IN MUDPIE l The first announcement of the 17th International Congress of Zoology, to be held in Monaco, 24-30 September, 1972, has just been received. This is tie final Congress, and is being organized primarily to terminate outstanding business and obligations of the Congress. There will be eight symposia offered, four of which are already announced, four more of which will be announced "as soon as the proposed chairmen have declared their wi11ingness to organise them." Announced symposia include: Biogeography and Intercontinental Connections during the Mesozoic; Cladistic Methods in Transpecific Evolution; The Biological Effects of Interoceanic Canals; and The Future of Zoological Nomenclature. The number of participants is to be limited to 1000, without "establishing any quotas." Further information can be obtained from the: Comite d'organisation XVIIe Congres International de Zoologie Musee oceanographique Monaco, Principaute de Monaco September, 1971 Division of Reptiles and Amphibians National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 20560 & *