From: N. Brouard <brouard@ined.fr>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:36:38 +0000 (+0000)
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+Interpolated Marlov Chain (IMaCh program)
+
+This program is GPL licensed for the part the code that we wrote at
+INED. But currently (version 0.97b may 2004) maximization routines use
+a modified version of the patented routines from "Numerical Recipes in
+C". If you have the right to use the sources of their software you can
+get access to the source code and to the CVS tree of IMaCh.
+
+The program estimates Health Expectancies from Cross-longitudinal
+studies.
+The main publication is Lievre, A. Brouard. N, Heathcote
+Ch. Estimating Health Expectancies from Corss-longitudinal surveys,
+Mathematical Population Studies, 10(1), 2003, pp. 1-52.
+
+To be brief, for each people interviewed we have the age and health
+states at each interview. Also the month of death is known. We model
+the probability to be observed in any state at any age via a
+parametric model and estimate the parameters and their confidence interval
+by maximum likelihood, many tables and graphs are output in
+HTML. Graphs are built using gnuplot.
+
+In the Windows version, gnuplot is also distributed. Version 4 is out
+since early 2004 and is used by latest version of Imach (at least
+version 0.38i is required).
+IMaCh is supposed to work on Linux, MacIntosh and Windows (9X or
+NT/XP).
+
+WINDOWS
+On Windows it is distributed via a setup file (no more a zip file). As
+usual you can put the 'imach' directory in Program Files or
+wherever. The directory contains at least 2 directories, 'bin' for the
+binaries which are imach.exe and gnuplot.exe, doc for some of the
+documentation, and 'mytry' in order to test the program on a parameter
+file name 'mypar.imach'.
+
+You still can click on the imach.exe icon (which opens a DOS window)
+and drag your parameter file into the DOS windows and enter
+return. But with the newly installable version (>0.97) you can use the right
+click (once your mouse cursor is on an foo.imach file) to either edit the
+parameter file (with wordpad) or execute this parameter file via
+imach.
+If the program runs well you get a main foo.htm file which can be viewed
+with your browser and which includes all the results.
+
+As the program output a file named foo.gp which is executed by gnuplot
+in order to draw all the graphs, you can edit it and customize it at
+your will.
+
+By default the file gnuplot.exe is located on the same directory as
+imach and is used by imach with its absolute path. Thus if you have
+another gnuplot program which is in your path it will not be used by
+imach (we tried to simplify the installation process).
+
+If you download a newer version of IMaCh you are supposed to Uninstall the
+former version with the standard Install/Uninstall process of Windows.
+
+The Windows version is compiled via cygwin (gcc -mno-cygwin -o imach
+imach.c). It can be used on a command line with the command "imach
+foo.imach". But then imach.exe must be in your path. 
+The program can be used (with more comfort?) on Linux or on a
+MacIntosh.
+
+Enjoy (?) using IMaCh.
+
+You may subscribe to imach-users@listes.ined.fr by sending a mail at
+imach-users-subscribe@listes.ined.fr and you can unsubscribe with a
+mail to imach-users-unsubscribe@listes.ined.fr .
+
+Nicolas Brouard (brouard at ined point fr)
+Agnès Lièvre (lievre chez ined dot fr)
+Christopher Heathcote
+
+ 
+