Do I understand correctly that this algebra of data thing can essentially be represented as a tree (or wood)? Looks like one could easily represent this using the LEO editor, maybe even annotating each node and having a top level script that walks the tree according to the input.
Am 07.01.21 um 22:05 schrieb 'Bo Jacoby' via Programming: > "I am looking for a way to better organise my research. If not > spreadsheets, do you have some advice on how to coordinate all this > separate data in one place?" > I have used ordinal fractions for structuring data since 1980. ORDINAL > FRACTIONS - the algebra of data > > | > | > | > | | | > > | > > | > | > | | > ORDINAL FRACTIONS - the algebra of data > > This paper was submitted to the 10th World Computer Congress, IFIP 1986 > conference, but rejected by the referee.... > | > > | > > | > > > > I wrote software for processing this kind of data in fortran, BASIC, and > pascal, but not (yet) in J. > A BASIC program for browsing the data base is this. > 1 INPUT;C$: IF C$="" THEN END > 2 OPEN"CREDO" FOR INPUT AS 1: PRINT":"; > 3 IF EOF(1) THEN CLOSE:PRINT:GOTO 1 > 4 LINE INPUT#1,A$: B$=C$ > 5 IF A$=""THEN A%=-1 ELSE A%=ASC(A$)-48:A$=MID$(A$,2) > 6 IF B$=""THEN B%=-1 ELSE B%=ASC(B$)-48:B$=MID$(B$,2) > 7 IF A%<0 THEN PRINT" ";A$;:GOTO 3 > 8 IF A%=0 OR B%=0 OR A%=B% THEN 5 ELSE 3 > > The test data base for illustrating the possibilities is this. > 1 CREDO > 11 IN > 111 UNUM > 11 DEUM > 112 PATREM > 1121 OMNIPOTENTEM > 113 FACTOREM > 1131 CÆLI > 1139 ET > 1132 TERRÆ > 11331 VISIBILIUM > 1133 OMNIUM > 11339 ET > 11332 INVISIBILIUM > 19 ET > 12 IN > 1211 UNUM > 1211 DOMINUM > 12 JESUM > 1211 CHRISTUM > 1212 FILIUM > 1212 DEI > 12121 UNIGENITUM > 1219 ET > 1213 EX > 1213 PATRE > 1213 NATUM > 12131 ANTE > 121311 OMNIA > 12131 SÆCULA > 1221 DEUM > 12211 DE > 12211 DEO > 1222 LUMEN > 12221 DE > 12221 LUMINE > 1223 DEUM > 12231 VERUM > 12232 DE > 12232 DEO > 122321 VERO > 1231 GENITUM > 12311 NON > 12311 FACTUM > 1232 CONSUBSTANTIALEM > 1232 PATRI > 12321 PER > 12321 QUEM > 12321 OMNIA > 12321 FACTA > 12321 SUNT > 124 QUI > 124101 PROPTER > 124101 NOS > 12410101 HOMINES > 124109 ET > 124102 PROPTER > 12410201 NOSTRAM > 124102 SALUTEM > 12411 DESCENDIT > 1241101 DE > 1241101 CÆLIS > 12419 ET > 12412 INCARNATUS EST > 1241201 DE > 1241201 SPIRITU 124120101 SANCTO > 1241202 EX > 1241202 MARIA > 124120201 VIRGINE > 12419 ET > 1241301 HOMO > 12413 FACTUS EST > 124211 CRUCIFIXUS > 1242101 ETIAM > 1242101 PRO > 1242101 NOBIS > 1242102 SUB > 1242102 PONTIO > 1242102 PILATO > 124212 PASSUS > 124219 ET > 124213 SEPULTUS > 12421 EST > 12429 ET > 12422 RESURREXIT > 124221 TERTIA > 124221 DIE > 124222 SECUMDUM > 124222 SCRIPTURAS > 12429 ET > 12423 ASCENDIT > 124231 IN > 124231 CÆLUM > 12424 SEDET > 124241 AD > 124241 DEXTERAM > 124241 PATRIS > 12429 ET > 124251 ITERUM > 12425 VENTURUS EST > 124252 CUM > 124252 GLORIA > 124253 JUDICARE > 1242531 VIVOS > 1242539 ET > 1242532 MORTUOS > 125 CUJUS > 125 REGNI > 125 NON ERIT > 125 FINIS > 19 ET > 13 IN > 13 SPIRITUM > 131 SANCTUM > 132 DOMINUM > 139 ET > 133 VIVIFICANTEM > 134 QUI > 134 EX > 1341 PATRE > 1342 FILIO > 1349 QUE > 134 PROCEDIT > 135 QUI > 135 CUM > 13501 PATRE > 13509 ET > 13502 FILIO > 13509 SIMUL > 1351 ADORATUR > 1359 ET > 1352 GLORIFICATUR > 136 QUI > 136 LOCUTUS EST > 1361 PER > 1361 PROPHETAS > 19 ET > 141 UNAM > 142 SANCTAM > 143 CATHOLICAM > 149 ET > 144 APOSTOLICAM > 14 ECCLESIAM > 2 CONFITEOR > 211 UNUM > 21 BAPTISMA > 212 IN > 212 REMISSIONEM > 2121 PECCATORUM > 9 ET > 3 EXPECTO > 31 RESURRECTIONEM > 311 MORTUORUM > 39 ET > 32 VITAM > 3211 VENTURI > 321 SÆCULI > AMEN > > Some test runs of the program look like this. > 13510: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM PATRE ET FILIO SIMUL ADORATUR AMEN > 13520: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM PATRE ET FILIO SIMUL GLORIFICATUR AMEN > 13501: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM PATRE ADORATUR ET GLORIFICATUR AMEN > 13502: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM FILIO ADORATUR ET GLORIFICATUR AMEN > 13511: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM PATRE ADORATUR AMEN > 13512: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM FILIO ADORATUR AMEN > 13521: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM PATRE GLORIFICATUR AMEN > 13522: CREDO IN SPIRITUM QUI CUM FILIO GLORIFICATUR AMEN > > I realize that this is not easy to understand, but I know that it is worth > while. > Good luck! > Bo. Den torsdag den 7. januar 2021 21.35.12 CET skrev Justin Paston-Cooper > <paston.coo...@gmail.com>: > > Thanks. I have been meaning to look at that. > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 23:33, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Jupyter notebooks may help you with organizing your research - >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Jupyter >> >> This has been my preferred tool - far above Excel. >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 2:39 PM Justin Paston-Cooper <paston.coo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I am open to suggestions. Right now I'm researching a lot of related >>> things concurrently. I'm storing some of the results in TSV files. >>> Some of the scripts are Python, some are curl | jq | awk. Some of the >>> results I am storing as variables in J scripts. I am constantly going >>> back and forth between differing representations, differing >>> environments, recalculating things needlessly, and so on. >>> >>> I am looking for a way to better organise my research. If not >>> spreadsheets, do you have some advice on how to coordinate all this >>> separate data in one place? A Make file could be a start, but this >>> doesn't satisfy the requirement of having a nice editable GUI to >>> arrange and display all the separate sources of data. Maybe wd would >>> be a start in that direction. I haven't researched the alternatives. >>> >>> How do you organise your research? >>> >>> Application: Researching interactions between prices of a set of >>> things in each of a set of places. There are many different analyses >>> that can be made. I am finding it hard to keep track of all the angles >>> I have looked at. These angles all reside in separate directories, >>> which is not ideal. I have hand-written notes, but those need to be >>> updated by hand. >>> >>> By the way, I wasn't envisioning doing any calculation in the >>> spreadsheet. The idea of the spreadsheet was simply to coordinate >>> communication and (re)calculation between various calculation >>> processes, display the results, and allow the display of the results >>> to be edited. >>> >>> Imagine an actor system with the spreadsheet being the coordinator. >>> >>> On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 20:23, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> It would be remiss of me not to mention that you really ought to >>>> re-consider making a spreadsheet an integral part of your design, not the >>>> least due to the historically high rates of error that have been measured >>>> in spreadsheets - 1 to 5%: >>>> https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1602/1602.02601.pdf . It seems >>>> incongruous to worry about the sixth decimal place in numbers with many >>>> digits before the decimal point but ignoring error rates that dwarf this >>>> imprecision. >>>> >>>> By way of comparison, in most code-bases where people measure errors, an >>>> error rate of 10 bad lines per 1000 lines of code would be considered >>>> unacceptably high. >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- ---------------------- mail written using NEO neo-layout.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
