This is a preliminary version of S functions for estimatimating Binary and 
Smoothed Binary Regression Quantiles using the Simulated Annealing algorithm
of Corana et. al (1987) and Goffe at. Al (1994). In addition to this readme
file, this distribution includes the following files:

brq.s, sbrq.s, brq_boot.s, and firstlib.s: S functions
brq.dll and sbrq.dll:	DLL files compiled from C code (SA algorithm)

The functions should work ok with S-plus 4 or higher, but not with S-plus
3.3.  Earlier versions of S require 16-bit entry points and this DLL was
compiled with 32-bit.

Any suggestions are welcome. If you have any problems, contact us and, time 
permiting, we will try to help.

Walter Belluzzo <belluzzo@uiuc.edu>
Gregory Kordas  <kordas@uiuc.edu>


INSTALLATION

	Unzip the distribution file into the Library subdirectory of the
	Splus home directory. Make sure that the unzip program preserves the
	directory structure. To find the location of the home directory, you
	can use getenv("SHOME") at the command prompt.

USAGE

	After installing the library, type ?brq at the S command line for
	detailed information about the function available. 
