@techreport{gordon2014probabilistic,
author = {Gordon, Andy and Russo, Claudio and Szymczak, Marcin and Borgström, Johannes and Graepel, Thore and Tarlow, Daniel},
title = {Probabilistic Programs as Spreadsheet Queries},
institution = {Microsoft},
year = {2014},
month = {November},
abstract = {We describe the design, semantics, and implementation of a probabilistic programming language where programs are spreadsheet queries. Given an input database consisting of tables held in a spreadsheet, a query constructs a probabilistic model conditioned by the spreadsheet data, and returns an output database determined by inference.

This work extends probabilistic programming systems in three novel aspects: (1) embedding in spreadsheets, (2) dependently-typed functions, and (3) typed distinction between random- and query-variables. It empowers users with knowledge of statistical modelling to do inference simply by editing textual annotations within their spreadsheets, with no other coding.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/probabilistic-programs-as-spreadsheet-queries/},
number = {MSR-TR-2014-135},
}