The program SIP can calculate many selection indexes. These
selection indexes may be based on economic values (type 1), on
desired gains (type 2) or on a combination of both (type 3). The
program SIP has on-line help so this manual will be a very brief
one. In this manual we will only show how to start the program
and we give a screenshot of the most important input boxes.

The program is written in Turbo Vision. When you extract the
files from the archive, the following files will be on your disk.
Before archiving the files have been tested for virusses with F-
Prot, Thunderbyte and McAfee.

    sipmain.exe        Main program
    tvsip.hlp          Helpfile
    sipman.ps          This manual in Postscript format
    sip.bat            The batch file for running SIP
    sipnet.bat         A sample batch file for running SIP in a
                       network environment
    beef.dat           A sample data file
    sheep.dat          A sample data file
    pig.dat            A sample data file
    ex5_6a.dat         A sample data file
    ex5_6b.dat         A sample data file
    ex6_b.dat          A sample data file

The manual is also available for Word Perfect 5.1/5.2 and Word
for Windows 6.0.

The program creates a number of temporary files which can be
deleted after leaving the program. For technical reasons this
step was not included in SIP itself but needs to be handled
separately. This is already done for you when using the enclosed
batch file.

To get started: Change your current path to the directory and
start the program by typing SIP.

Parameters can be saved using Save which you will find in the
pull down menu "File". Results can be saved using the pull down
menu "Window".

Comments to: Johan van Arendonk 
             (E-Mail Johan.VanArendonk@Alg.vf.wau.nl)