From octave-sources-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Mon Jan 24 09:46:28 2000
Subject: Semidefinite programming in Octave
From: "A. Scottedward Hodel" <a dot s dot hodel at eng dot auburn dot edu>
To: <octave-sources at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
CC: <vandenbe at ee dot ucla dot edu>, <boyd@stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:46:17 -0600

I've updated the Octave port of Boyd and Vandenberghe's SP semidefinite
programming package so that it will run with octave-2.1.24.  Updated sources
are available at 
    ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/hodel/semidef-oct.tar.gz
The copyright notice is incompatible with the Gnu Public License
(distribution must be made without charging any fee), and so this software
cannot be distributed directly as a part of Octave.  The function runs only
as a .oct file (similar to MATLAB .mex function), and so requires that
octave be compiled with dynamic linking on.

The original sp package (with .mex file interface) may be obtained at
    http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~vandenbe/sp.html

Changes:
- Some internal class structures in Octave have changed; the new version is
  compatible with these changes.
- A few bug fixes in my wrapper script were required (thanks to John Eaton
  for help in identifying the problems).

-- 
A S Hodel Assoc. Prof. Dept Elect and Computer Eng, Auburn Univ,AL
36849-5201
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