Development
Project Site
The sourceforge project site is
sourceforge.net/projects/jmulti
There is also additional documentation available from
there under the Docs section.
Joining the JMulTi Project
Developers with a background in either Java or Gauss
coding are more than welcome to join the team. It is
also vital for the project to provide good
documentation and to test the software. This work is
highly appreciated as well.
Java programmers could work on new features or extend
existing modules. The main work on the Java side is GUI
design.
Numercial algorithms for JMulTi are currently mainly coded in
Gauss, therefore experienced Gauss programmers are
needed to maintain and improve the existing code base,
as well as to provide new procedures.
Alternatively, numerical procedures could also be coded
in R, Ox, C/C++, or Java. The underlying framework
JStatCom allows to call such methods as
well.
If you plan to join the JMulTi project, just send an
email to the project admin.
Gauss Versions
JMulTi can run with the installed Gauss as well on
Win32. For this jm.bat must be used to
start the program with the option GRTE set
to "false". This might be helpful to do
changes in the Gauss code under jgauss/src
or to test new procedures. In addition, the option
DEBUG can be set to "true" to
use the Gauss library system instead of the compiled
GCG file. This is useful to test Gauss code changes
on-the-fly without the need to restart JMulTi. The
following tools are provided:
-
jgauss/jgauss_gcg.bat to compile the
Gauss sources, it uses the config file
jgauss/compile.xml in XML format
-
jgauss/jgauss_lib.bat to create LCG
libraries from the Gauss sources, it uses the config
file jgauss/lib.xml in XML format
However, it is important to note that the GRTE never
uses the changed Gauss code. This is because compilation
of a valid GCG file for this engine requires a GRTE
license. For some more details, see the READMEs in the
program, jgauss, and jgrte
directories.
The following table is only relevant if an installed
Gauss instead of the GRTE is used on Win32. Most Gauss
versions are supported by the jgauss communication
libraries. There are some problematic variants of the
major releases that are listed below.
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Version
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Comments
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4.0 (probably only early releases)
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FOR loops index should not be
referenced in method calls, only a copy of it, may
cause problems occasionally, in general it is taken
care of
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3.2.19 (and earlier 3.2.x)
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FOR loops not supported, does not run
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3.2.x (all Versions)
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16 bit restrictions on directory names, do not use
names with spaces or longer that 8 characters for
the program directory as well as for the temporary
directory (can be adjusted in xlm.cfg)
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3.5.15 (and earlier 3.5.x)
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unresolved problem with VAR/VEC residual analysis,
runs otherwise
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3.6
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jmulti.gcg file might be too big after
compilation, remove files not needed from
jgauss/compile.xml and run
jgauss_gcg.bat, for example remove all
files starting with cafp, they are
needed for nonparametric analysis only
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5.0 light
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does not include command line version
tgauss.exe, not supported
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