Simplifying the Markov chain analysis of rainfall data using gensat
Date
2012
Authors
Ong'ala, Jacob Otieno
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Strathmore University
Abstract
Despite the rapid development of statistical packages, a lot of climatic data still remain
unanalyzed due to lack of specialized routines in most of the packages. One package has a
climatic menu though with limitation on complex analysis such as generalized linear models.
Others can perform the Generalized Linear Model analysis but do not have a specialized menu
for analyzing climatic data. There is no statistical package currently available which has a
specialized capability to do climatic analysis easily and includes the use of generalized linear
models. This study starts the work of creating a specialized menu in GenStat for analyzing
climatic data by implementing Markov modeling of rainfall data. Four procedures have been
written and corresponding dialogues were created to ease their use. Incorporating a climatic
menu into GenStat package will support researchers in agricultural and many other fields that
need an analysis of climatic data as part of their work.
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Markov analysis.
Citation
QA274.7.O54 2011