IAC-pop

Description

IAC-pop is free software based on a genetic algorithm (Pikaia). It is aimed to the resolution of the star formation history in galaxies or, in general, of any problem implying minimization in a many dimensions space.

Use conditions:

There are two requirements for using IAC-pop:

1. 1. Referencing the IAC-pop seminal paper in the publication of any work that has made use of it. The IAC-pop seminal paper is: Aparicio, A. & Hidalgo, S. 2007, AJ submitted. The reference should appear in the publication reference list.
2. 2. Acknowledge the Stellar Population Group of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias for making the program available.

Download:

• Download IAC-pop (iac-pop_standalone.tar.bz2)

Instalation and excution:

To execute IAC-pop uncompress the downloaded file (tar jxvf iac-pop_standalone.tar.bz2). This tar file includes executable versions of IAC-pop for Linux, Windows and Macintosh as well as example input and output files and a "readme" file with the esential instruction for running the program. See the IAC-pop reference paper (Aparicio & Hidalgo 2007) for more details.

Problems and questions:

For any problem or question related with IAC-pop use, contact Antonio Aparcio (antapaj, then  @, then iac.es)