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CONTIN

Applications:

Inversion of data represented by linear algebraic or integral equations, such as general analysis of multi-exponential decay (Laplace inversion) or estimating secondary structure from circular dichroism;
Most aspects of the problem can be easily modified in small user-oriented modules; too many applications to list here have been implemented by users;
Running in hundreds of laboratories with a wide variety of computers.

The methods are described in:

S.W. Provencher: Inverse problems in polymer characterization: Direct analysis of polydispersity with photon correlation spectroscopy. Makromol. Chem. 180, 201 (1979).
S.W. Provencher: A constrained regularization method for inverting data represented by linear algebraic or integral equations. Comput. Phys. Commun. 27, 213 (1982).
S.W. Provencher: CONTIN: A general purpose constrained regularization program for inverting noisy linear algebraic and integral equations. Comput. Phys. Commun. 27, 229 (1982).

Downloading (for all applications except circular dichroism and CONTIN-multiq):

Download by clicking on the 7 files below and saving them from your browser (e.g., with "Save As..." in Netscape's "File" menu). (You can also exit your browser and use FTP to download everything in the directory pub/contin/ on the anonymous FTP server ftp.s-provencher.com)

README.txt (about 2kB): Short guide for the installation and test run; read this first;
contin-manual1.pdf (4292kB);
contin-manual2.pdf (1960kB);
cpc1.pdf (1009kB);
cpc2.pdf (640kB);
contin.for (about 463kB): Fortran source code;
contin.in (about 5kB): Test data.

You need a Fortran compiler, except that the following executable may work on your Linux system: contin-linux.gz (about 110kB).

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Last modified: 09 December 2001