GLIM (software)

GLIM (Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling) is a statistical software program for fitting generalized linear models (GLMs). It was developed by the Royal Statistical Society's Working Party on Statistical Computing(later renamed the GLIM Working Party), [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070221234751/http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=2128 Royal Statistical Society webpage on Working Parties] (archived Feb 2007)] chaired initially by John Nelder. [cite journal |last=Nelder |first=John |authorlink=John Nelder |year=1975 |title=Announcement by the Working Party on Statistical Computing: GLIM (Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling Program)|journal=Applied Statistics |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=259–261 |id= |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0035-9254%281975%2924%3A2%3C259%3AABTWPO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H] It was first released in 1974with the last major release, GLIM4, in 1993. [cite book |title=The GLIM System: Release 4 Manual |first=Brian | last=Francis |coauthors=Mick Green; Clive Payne |year=1993 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |isbn= 0198522312] GLIM was distributed by the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG). [ [http://www.nag.co.uk/stats/GDGE_soft.asp NAG webpage for GLIM] ] .

GLIM was notable for being the first package capable of fitting a wide range of generalized linear models in a unified framework, and for encouraging an interactive, iterative approach to statistical modelling. [cite book| title=Statistical Modelling in GLIM |first=Murray| last=Aitken | coauthors=Dorothy Anderson; Brian Francis; John Hinde| year=1989 | publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford | isbn=0198522037] GLIM used a command-line interface and allowed users to define their own macros.

GLIM is no longer actively developed or distributed but remains available on some university computer systems.

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