Ox™ Programming
4-5 April 2007
The George Washington University, 2121 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20052 A.
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Course Description
Course Programme
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Terms and Conditions
About Ox Professional
Timberlake Consultants Ltd, the distributor and publisher of the OxMetrics™ software, would like to invite you to attend a two-day course, in Washington DC. This course will provide sufficient training to allow the participants to start writing their own Ox programs. Hands-on sessions are included. Basic econometric knowledge is assumed but no prior programming experience is required.
Participants may want to combine this course with one or more of the following courses/events:
The Course - Several major advances in optimization and software engineering have occurred in the past few years. These advances provide major breakthroughs in the modelling of time series embodied in easy-to-use software and advanced programming languages. Object-oriented programming has turned out to be very useful for econometric and statistical applications. Many Ox packages successfully built on top of the pre-programmed classes for model estimation and simulation.
Who should attend ?
The course is aimed at those wanting to gain some experience in Ox programming. The course is aimed to those working with time-series data in government, industry, the financial sector or academia.
The principal lecturer: - The principal lecturer is
Dr. Jurgen Doornik is the managing director of OxMetrics Technologies Ltd. and Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He is the originator of the Ox Object-Oriented Programming language, and contributed to many Ox packages (including the Arfima package) and works with David Hendry on PcGive. He has published papers in the Econometrics Journal, Journal of Economic Surveys, and Scottish Journal of Political Economy.
Cost - The cost of the course is:
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Organization Type
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1st Participant
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2+ Participants
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Commercial
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$1,800.00
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$1,620.00
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Government
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$1,350.00
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$1,215.00
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Academic
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$1,080.00
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$1,080.00
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$400.00
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N/A
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Discounts
- 20% discount for attending 2 courses
- 30% discount for attending 3 courses
- 10% for holders of the OxMetrics Enterprise Edition
- a further 5% discount is provided to subscribers of the Foresight magazine
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The number of delegates is restricted. Please register early to guarantee your place. Further instructions will be sent with the joining instructions. If you need assistance in locating hotel accommodation in the area, request the help of our Training Department.The cost includes course materials, course dinner, lunch, refreshments and the use of computers.
Agenda
(subject to minor changes)
Day 1
9.30 Coffee and registration
10.00 Welcome
Overview of the Ox system
OxMetrics * Ox Console and Ox Professional
Introduction to Ox
Work environment * basic Ox programming
Ox programming
Using functions for program structure * Matrix and other operators * Loops and conditional statements
17H00 Close
Day 2
9H30 Start
Maximization and estimation
Data input and output * Using Ox optimization functions * Using the Database and Modelbase class * OxPack for interactive, user-friendly programs * Overview of available estimation packages
Introduction to object-oriented programming using Ox
Basic concepts * Benefits * Some examples * Overview of the classes provided by Ox * Using the Modelbase class * Using Ox packages
Practical issues
Program design and program style * Graphics * Efficient programming
Review and discussion
17H00 Close
Terms and Conditions
Registration closes 5 calendar days prior to the start of the course.
Cancellations:
- full fee returned for cancellations made over 28 calendar days prior to start of the course
- half-fee returned for cancellations made 14 calendar days prior to he start of the course
- no fee returned for cancellations made less than 14 calendar days prior to the start of the course.
Payment of course fees required prior to the course start date
For Timberlake Consultants Terms and Conditions click here
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