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Here is a list of the new or modified entries this month:

Name        : blas.cpp.shar.z
Name        : Gnans
Name        : hare (Hazard Regression)
Name        : heft (Hazard Estimation with Flexible Tails)
Name        : Matclass
Name        : matmult.tar.z
Name        : sdeint.tar.z
Name        : SGPC
Name        : SMMS (Sparse Matrix Manipulation System)
Name        : |STAT
Name        : wavethresh (wavelet.shar)

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*** /tmp/T0a29088    Tue Jun  1 18:30:33 1993
--- freec.index    Sat May 29 11:25:32 1993
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*** 7,13 ****
  written in either of C or C++.  I also give pointers to books which
  come with source code (and hence act as low-cost libraries).

! A slightly outdated version of this file is c/numcomp-free-c on netlib.

  Please see the section "interesting sites" below to get some help on
  how to retrieve software listed here.
--- 7,16 ----
  written in either of C or C++.  I also give pointers to books which
  come with source code (and hence act as low-cost libraries).

! This file is numcomp-free-c.z in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
! (Note that this is the new gzip compression, you need gunzip to
! uncompress it).
! A slightly outdated version is c/numcomp-free-c on netlib.

  Please see the section "interesting sites" below to get some help on
  how to retrieve software listed here.
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*** 78,96 ****
  Comments    : note the .z is the new gzip compression.


! Name        : asa.Z
! Where       : in opt on netlib
!               file `asan' (421511 bytes) in general on statlib
! Description : adaptive simulated reannealing
!               performing adaptive global optimization on multivariate
!               nonlinear stochastic systems
  Language    : either K&R or ANSI C
! Authors     : Lester Ingber ([e-mail]) and Bruce Rosen
!               ([e-mail])
! Comments    : this program was formerly called vfsr
!               Some documents can be found in file lester.tar.z in
!               pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
! Version     : 1.1, 23 April 1993


  Name        : awesime
--- 81,94 ----
  Comments    : note the .z is the new gzip compression.


! Name        : asa
! Where       : file asa.Z in ftp.caltech.edu:/pub/ingber
! Description : adaptive simulated annealing: performing adaptive global
!               optimization on multivariate nonlinear stochastic systems
  Language    : either K&R or ANSI C
! Authors     : Lester Ingber ([e-mail])
! Comments    : current versions may be obtained from Lester Ingber
! Version     : 1.9, 14 May 1993


  Name        : awesime
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*** 118,123 ****
--- 116,128 ----
  Comments    : Excellent. very fast. possible problems with unalloc call.


+ Name        : blas.cpp.shar.z
+ Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
+ Author      : Damian McGuckin ([e-mail])
+ Description : a BLAS in C++
+ Version     : beta, 8 May 1993
+
+
  Name        : brent rootfinding, aitken-lagrange interpolation,
                hooke-jeeve minimiser
  Where       : in c on Netlib
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*** 126,136 ****
  Version     : May 1991


- Name        : BSDmath
- Where       : e.g. agate.berkeley.edu
- Description : BSD implementation of math.h
-
-
  Name        : cephes
  Author      : Stephen L. Moshier, [e-mail]
  Description : extremely good library for numerical computation in C.
--- 131,136 ----
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*** 236,247 ****
  Description : radix 2 FFT


! Name        : fft-summary.zoo (81360 bytes)
  Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
  Description : summary about FFT code in C, including lots of source
  Author      : Peter J. McKinney ([e-mail])
                and Ron Mayer ([e-mail])
  Version     : 19 March 1993


  Name        : fftsing
--- 236,248 ----
  Description : radix 2 FFT


! Name        : fft-sstuff.tar.z
  Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
  Description : summary about FFT code in C, including lots of source
  Author      : Peter J. McKinney ([e-mail])
                and Ron Mayer ([e-mail])
  Version     : 19 March 1993
+ Comments    : Includes DDJ's improved version of Numerical Recipes four1().


  Name        : fftsing
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*** 271,277 ****
  Authors     : J.L. Zhou ([e-mail]) and
                Andre' L. Tits ([e-mail]);
                translated to C by C.T. Lawrence ([e-mail])
! Version     : FSQP: 3.2, 3/93; CFSQP: 1.1, 3 April 93
  Description : solution of constrained continuous optimization problems,
                possibly minimax (cost function is max of finitely many
                functions).
--- 272,278 ----
  Authors     : J.L. Zhou ([e-mail]) and
                Andre' L. Tits ([e-mail]);
                translated to C by C.T. Lawrence ([e-mail])
! Version     : FSQP: 3.2, 3/93; CFSQP: 1.2, 7 May 1993
  Description : solution of constrained continuous optimization problems,
                possibly minimax (cost function is max of finitely many
                functions).
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*** 344,356 ****
  Author      : Chris Pugmire, [e-mail]


! Name        : gmp-1.2.tar.z (146993 bytes)
  Description : GNU multiple precision library
  Where       : in pub/gnu on prep.ai.mit.edu
! Version     : 1.2, 9 Dec 1991
  Author      : ?


  Name        : go.c.Z (7288 bytes)
  Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
  Description : Calculate gaussian quadrature rules.  Translation of
--- 345,368 ----
  Author      : Chris Pugmire, [e-mail]


! Name        : gmp-1.3.tar.z
  Description : GNU multiple precision library
  Where       : in pub/gnu on prep.ai.mit.edu
! Version     : 1.3, May 10 1993
  Author      : ?


+ Name        : Gnans
+ Where       : in ftp.mathematik.uni-Bremen.de:/pub/gnans
+ System      : SunOS 4.1.x, IRIX, AIX; X11 Release 4-5 incl. Athena Widgets
+ Language    : Ansi C/C++
+ Author      : Bengt Martensson <[e-mail]>
+ Version     : 1.0.0 (July 17, 1992)
+ Description : Simulation of stochastic and deterministic dynamical systems
+ Comments    : A program (and language) for dynamical systems. Includes
+               simple scripting language. Graphical user interface. Copyleft.
+
+
  Name        : go.c.Z (7288 bytes)
  Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
  Description : Calculate gaussian quadrature rules.  Translation of
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*** 359,364 ****
--- 371,406 ----
  Comments    : numerical integration


+ Name        : hare (Hazard Regression)
+ Where       : file hare (a shar file) in S directory on statlib
+ Author      : Charles Kooperberg ([e-mail])
+ Description : estimates the conditional hazard rate based on possibly
+               censored data and covariates. Includes parametric and
+               non-parametric, additive and non-additive proportional and
+               non-proportional hazards model as special cases.  Addition
+               and deletion of basis functions make the fit highly adaptive.
+ Version     : statlib, last update April 21, 1993
+ Comments    : actually the objective of this file is to give a end-user
+               of the S statistical package this functionality.  But the
+               actual computation is done in C.
+               Described in Univ. of California, Berkeley, Stat tech rep 389.
+               Available from the author.
+
+
+ Name        : heft (Hazard Estimation with Flexible Tails)
+ Where       : file heft (a shar file) in S directory on statlib
+ Author      : Charles Kooperberg ([e-mail])
+ Description : estimates the unconditional hazard rate using splines. Knot
+               addition, deletion and two extra tail terms make the fit
+               highly adaptive.
+ Version     : statlib, last update April 21, 1993
+ Comments    : actually the objective of this file is to give a end-user
+               of the S statistical package this functionality.  But the
+               actual computation is done in C.
+               Described in Univ. of California, Berkeley, Stat tech rep 388.
+               Available from the author.
+
+
  Name        : ieeetest.zoo (65783 bytes)
  Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
  Author      : Stephen L. Moshier, [e-mail]
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*** 428,433 ****
--- 470,476 ----
  Where       : in pub/LEDA on ftp.cs.uni-sb.de (134.96.252.31)
  Author      : Stefan Naeher ([e-mail])
  Comments    : includes code on computational geometry
+               There is a mailing list on it; contact [e-mail]


  Name        : lin_alg.shar.Z
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*** 438,449 ****
  Name        : logspline
  Where       : file logspline (a shar file) in S directory on statlib
  Author      : Charles Kooperberg ([e-mail])
! Description : spline density estimation
                fully automatic nonparametric density estimation
! Version     : statlib date stamp shows Oct 6 1992.
  Comments    : actually the objective of this file is to give a end-user
                of the S statistical package this functionality.  But the
                actual computation is done in C.


  Name        : lpsolve
--- 481,495 ----
  Name        : logspline
  Where       : file logspline (a shar file) in S directory on statlib
  Author      : Charles Kooperberg ([e-mail])
! Description : logspline density estimation
                fully automatic nonparametric density estimation
!               adaptive smoothing using splines
! Version     : statlib, last update April 21, 1993
  Comments    : actually the objective of this file is to give a end-user
                of the S statistical package this functionality.  But the
                actual computation is done in C.
+               Described in Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics,
+               (1993), vol 1, 301-328.


  Name        : lpsolve
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*** 505,510 ****
--- 551,575 ----
  Where       : netlib/matcalc on draci.cs.uow.edu.au


+ Name        : Matclass
+ Description : a C++ class for numerical computation
+ Author      : Chris Birchenhall ([e-mail]}
+ Where       : send email to author
+
+
+ Name        : matmult.tar.z
+ Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
+ Author      : Clark Thomborson
+ Description : Several C-language codes for n * n matrix multiply, n a
+               power of 2, developed as a laboratory exercise in the
+               Spring of 1993 for MIT course 6.891, "Source Code
+               Optimization for Workstations and Supercomputers."  The
+               sources are commented, however the recursive SRM
+               (shuffled-row major) algorithm is obscure.  Offered "as
+               is" into the public domain by the course instructor.
+ Version     : 7 May 1993
+
+
  Name        : matrices.asc
  Where       : inside ddj9106.zip in published/dr-dobbs on ftp.uu.net
  Description : efficiently raise matrices to an integer power
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*** 517,522 ****
--- 582,588 ----
  Description : collection of net postings and email about fast matrix multiply
                Includes C source.
  Version     : 1 May 1993
+ Comments    : also see matmult.tar.z in this file.


  Name        : matrix.tar.Z
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*** 627,633 ****


  Name        : nonlinear
! Where       : in pub on lyapunov.ucsd.edu (132.239.86.10)
  Language    : various
  Description : archive of programs in nonlinear dynamics, signal processing
  Author      : various, contact person is [e-mail] (Matt Kennel)
--- 693,699 ----


  Name        : nonlinear
! Where       : in pub/inls-ucsd on lyapunov.ucsd.edu (132.239.86.10)
  Language    : various
  Description : archive of programs in nonlinear dynamics, signal processing
  Author      : various, contact person is [e-mail] (Matt Kennel)
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*** 797,809 ****
  Version     : 16 Jan 1992


! Name        : rktec.Z
  Where       : in misc on netlib
  Description : computes the truncation error coefficients, tecs, of a
                Runge-Kutta formula, or a pair of formulas, specified in an
                input file.
  Author      : Mike Hosea ([e-mail])
! Version     : Sep 26 14:04:23 1992


  Name        : rlab
--- 863,875 ----
  Version     : 16 Jan 1992


! Name        : rktec.c.Z (20870 bytes)
  Where       : in misc on netlib
  Description : computes the truncation error coefficients, tecs, of a
                Runge-Kutta formula, or a pair of formulas, specified in an
                input file.
  Author      : Mike Hosea ([e-mail])
! Version     : v1.1, Dec 4 1992


  Name        : rlab
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*** 852,857 ****
--- 918,933 ----
  Version     : ?


+ Name        : sdeint.tar.z
+ Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
+ Systems     : Unix, MS-DOS
+ Language    : C++
+ Description : A Runge-Kutta like class for integrating systems of Stochastic
+               Differential Equations
+ Author      : Skip Carter, [e-mail]
+ Version     : v1.9 4 May 1993
+
+
  Name        : sge.shar
  Where       : in c on Netlib
  Description : Linpack functions geco, gefa, gesl and a little of BLAS;
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*** 860,870 ****
  Version     : April 88


  Name        : SIMATH
  Author      : SIMATH-Gruppe, Saarbruecken, Germany
  Systems     : Unix
  Where       : via anonymous ftp: ftp.math.uni-sb.de (134.96.32.23),
!               ftp.math.orst.edu (128.193.160) in pub/simath
  Version     : 3.6.1
  Description : SIMATH contains a lot of C-functions over algebraic
                structures as arbitrary long integers, rational
--- 936,954 ----
  Version     : April 88


+ Name        : SGPC
+ Description : Simple Genetic Programming in C
+ Author      : Walter Alden Tackett ([e-mail])
+ Where       : in the pub/Users/tackett on sfi.santafe.edu
+ Version     : 28 May 1993
+ Comments    : genetic algorithms, nonlinear maximisation
+
+
  Name        : SIMATH
  Author      : SIMATH-Gruppe, Saarbruecken, Germany
  Systems     : Unix
  Where       : via anonymous ftp: ftp.math.uni-sb.de (134.96.32.23),
!               ftp.math.orst.edu (128.193.80.160) in pub/simath
  Version     : 3.6.1
  Description : SIMATH contains a lot of C-functions over algebraic
                structures as arbitrary long integers, rational
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*** 876,881 ****
--- 960,967 ----
                The SIMATH package also includes a user interface,
                which makes it possible to use the on-line
                documentation of the functions and the keyword index.
+               It is free, but you have to first register, in order
+               to get a "license" file without which it won't compile.


  Name        : simpack
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*** 894,899 ****
--- 980,1004 ----
  Where       : in pub/C-numanal on usc.edu


+ Name        : SMMS (Sparse Matrix Manipulation System)
+ Description : A collection of about 80 commands to do almost
+               anything you wish to do with sparse matrices VERY
+               EASILY.  It is designed as an instructional and
+               prototyping tool, not for "production" work.
+ Where       : /pub/smms93/* on eceserv0.ece.wisc.edu
+ Systems     : Any Unix system with X-windows, but tested only on Sun,
+               HP and DEC.  Also works under DOS
+ Language    : Mostly C (any version).  One or two routines in Fortran
+ Author      : Fernando Alvarado ([e-mail])
+ Version     : Release 2 May 1993
+ Comments    : Includes online help for every command and LaTeX and
+               PostScript versions a manual.  Expandable by the user.
+               Release 2 handles complex sparse matrices, interval
+               matrices, blocked matrices adn symbolic matrices.
+               Visualization tools.  Interfaces to Harwell routines
+               and Boeing-Harwell sparse matrix data.
+
+
  Name        : smooth.tar.Z
  Description : Unix tool for smoothing
  Where       : in ftp-raimund/pub/src/Math on nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at
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*** 917,922 ****
--- 1022,1039 ----
  Version     : v2.9, 21 Nov 1992


+ Name        : |STAT
+ Where       : in pub/stat on archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.52)
+ Description : collection of around 30 Unix tools for statistical analysis
+ Author      : Gary Perlman ([e-mail])
+ Version     : 5.4, 27 May 1993
+ Systems     : Unix, MS-DOS
+ Comments    : Has been in use for 13 years.  There is a troff|ps manual
+               and man pages.  Explicitly designed to work with Unix
+               philosophy.  The file stat.tar.Z.crypt.uu is ENCRYPTED;
+               you have to send email asking for the password.
+
+
  Name        : submit1
  Where       : in jcgs on Statlib
  Description : damped convex minorant algorithm
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*** 980,985 ****
--- 1097,1115 ----
  Comments    : splines


+ Name        : wavethresh (wavelet.shar)
+ Where       : in directory S on Statlib, and anonymous ftp from
+               gdr.bath.ac.uk, in directory pub/masgpn
+ Language    : C (and S functions)
+ Author      : Guy Nason ([e-mail])
+ Version     : 2.1 (March 26 1993)
+ Description : wavelet transform & thresholding software in C for linking
+               into S.
+ Comments    : Performs 1- and 2-D discrete wavelet transforms using
+               Daubechie's wavelets. Also performs thresholding according to
+               Donoho and Johnstone.
+
+
  Name        : weisfeld-simplex.shar (7457 bytes)
  Where       : pub/C-numanal on usc.edu
  Description : small implementation of simplex method for linear programming.
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*** 1077,1082 ****
--- 1207,1218 ----
  If you don't have ftp access, send email to [e-mail]
  saying "help".  You will get instructions on how to do ftp via email.

+ Juhana Kouhia ([e-mail]) has setup a very nice service:
+ Everything in this index (except for what is on {net,stat}lib) is
+ mirrored in pub/sci/math/numcomp-free-c on nic.funet.fi
+ Note: this site is in finland.  If you are in the US, please try
+ to find a site closer to you.
+
  source-code newsgroups:
          ftp.uu.net  (e.g. usenet/comp.sources.reviewed archives the
          comp.sources.reviewed newsgroup).
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*** 1220,1225 ****
--- 1356,1363 ----
  Alan Cabrera                    [e-mail]
  Vincent Broman                  [e-mail]
  Piercarlo Grandi                [e-mail]
+ Abed Hammoud                    [e-mail]
+ Richard A. O'Keefe              [e-mail]

  Of course, we owe infinite gratitude to the authors themselves, for
  making their work available in the public domain.
--
Ajay Shah, [phone], [e-mail]