LVB 1.0: reconstructing evolution with parsimony and simulated annealing
This new program seeks parsimonious classification trees using simulated
annealing. This is generally better than hill-climbing (steepest descent)
optimization for large data matrices (e.g. over 50 objects).
The program and manual are both entirely free and can be ordered from:
http://www.icmb.ed.ac.uk/sokal.html
At the moment, the program is only distributed as C source code, to be
compiled by the user for any platform.
A Power Macintosh executable will be added to the Web page in the next few
weeks. Anyone who would like a Windows 95 executable to be made available
should contact me. I will try to arrange this if there is enough demand.
Full support is currently available. Please e-mail me with any questions,
problems or suggestions.
Daniel Barker,
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology,
University of Edinburgh,
Daniel Rutherford Building,
King's Buildings,
Mayfield Road,
Edinburgh
EH9 3JR
