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[DIR] Parent Directory 09-May-2007 09:46 - [DIR] examples/ 14-Feb-1996 13:38 - [   ] examples.tar 14-Feb-1996 13:38 30k [TXT] userguide_errata.txt 14-Feb-1996 13:53 1k [   ] userguide.ps 14-Feb-1996 15:08 1.7M [TXT] pikaia.pro 03-Apr-2002 11:33 34k [TXT] pikaia1.0.f 03-Apr-2002 11:35 34k [TXT] pikaia.f 03-Apr-2002 11:35 39k [   ] relnotes1.2.ps 03-Apr-2002 11:38 1.5M

                                         Boulder, 3 April 2002
Greetings;

   And welcome to PIKAIA, first public release December 1995
   (version 1.0), and now available as version 1.2
   
   The files contained in this directory are the following:

   pikaia.f :      The PIKAIA 1.2 subroutine. The file also includes a 
	           driver calling PIKAIA, a fitness function defining a
	           maximization problem for a 2-D landscape, a ranking
	           subroutine, and a random number generator. All you
   	           need to get going is in there. The file is ready
		   to be compiled.

   userguide.ps :  A postscript file containing the User's Guide
		   to PIKAIA 1.0, complete with encapsulated Figures.
		   This should print on any postscript printer.
		   Written for PIKAIA 1.0, very nearly everything in
		   there remains relevant ti PIKAIA 1.2,
		   Beware, it is a large file.

   relnotes1.2.ps: Release Notes for version 1.2 of PIKAIA; complements
		   the above User's Guide; explains in details new
		   operators and strategies included in version 1.2,
		   and not described in the User's Guide.

   examples :      A directory containing drivers, fitness functions
		   and synthetic datasets for the examples in chapter
		   5 of the user's guide. It has its own README.txt
		   file, describing the various files contained in
		   the directory. All examples work with either
		   versions 1.0 or 1.2 of PIKAIA

   examples.tar :  A tar file of the examples directory. If you
		   are running on a Unix system, you may as well
		   grab this file and untar it at home. Otherwise
		   it is probably better to grab the files one
		   by one in the examples directory.

   pikaia.pro :    An IDL version of PIKAIA 1.0. See section 3.3
		   of the Reelase Notes for PIKAIA 1.2 for details
		   (file relnotes.ps above)

   pikaia1.0.f :   The old version 1.0 of PIKAIA. You are STRONGLY
		   encouraged to use version 1.2 (file pikaia.f above),
		   as the performance of version 1.0 is significantly
		   inferior to version 1.2 on many classes of problems.
	      
   In case of problem, queries should be e-mailed to

   pikaia@hao.ucar.edu

   While we do not formally commit to provide user support,
   at this point we remain willing to answer queries; we
   make no promises, however, as to response time.

   Have Fun.
				     Paul Charbonneau
				     HAO/NCAR, Boulder.