from NA news: HotGAMS: A Java Enabled Browser for NIST's Math Software Guide

[David Hough]

From: Ron Boisvert <boisvertacam.nist.gov> 
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 96 09:27:28 EDT
Subject: HotGAMS: A Java Enabled Browser for NIST's Math Software Guide

                         A N N O U N C I N G
                              HotGAMS

                  A Java(tm) powered frontend to the
           NIST Guide to Available Mathematical Software

                    http://math.nist.gov/HotGAMS/

   HotGAMS, a Java powered client of the NIST Guide to Available
Mathematical Software (GAMS) server, is now available for public use
on the Internet on an experimental basis.

   The Guide to Available Mathematical Software is an on-line
cross-index of mathematical and statistical software in use at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  Nearly 10,000
problem-solving modules from some 100 software packages are indexed,
including a large subset of the netlib collection.  The primary
indexing mechanism is a tree-structured taxonomy of mathematical and
statistical problems.  The system is also a virtual repository,
providing redistribution of abstracts, documentation, and source of
much of the software that it catalogs.

   HotGAMS allows interactive exploration of the problem taxonomy,
various search operations, and enhanced filtering or `refinement' of
search results compared to its predecessors.   A current research
interest is in how to reduce a large number of apparently appropriate
software modules to a few truly relevant ones.  HotGAMS begins to
address this need and will serve as a testbed for future
improvements.

For more information, contact Bruce R. Miller (bruce.milleranist.gov).