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POPULATION ANALYSIS ON THE MICROCOMPUTER: A SYSTEM OF SOFTWARE PACKAGES
Author(s) -
Field Neil C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1991.tb01618.x
Subject(s) - microcomputer , documentation , computer science , software , population , ibm , ibm pc compatible , principal (computer security) , software engineering , data science , programming language , operating system , telecommunications , chip , materials science , demography , sociology , nanotechnology
This paper describes a system of versatile software packages that has been developed by the author for population analysis on IBM‐compatible microcomputers using PC or MS DOS. The series includes programs for the production of life tables, the analysis of spatial patterns and temporal trends in mortality, population projections, stationary‐state population simulations and demographic planning, cohort survival estimates of net migration, and the analysis of migration matrices. Each of the programs in the series is discussed in terms of its principal analytical features, associated conceptual and methodological issues, and potential applications. The programs are intended for use both as basic research and planning tools and as instructional aids in university‐level courses. The programs and related documentation are available on a set of four 360K diskettes.