EPIC-SOLVER - Economic Proxy and Indirect Constraints Solver
This software is no longer being actively developed by the author. Requests for custom modification are very unlikely to be reviewed.
The software is provided “as is," and you may use the software at your own risk. The authors make no warranties as to performance, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. No oral or written communication from or information provided by the authors shall create a warranty, nor permit departure from the terms of the GPLv2 license. Under no circumstances shall the authors be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this software, even if the authors have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Details of the algorithms can be found in the methods chapter of the project report titled "Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major US Cities", which can be found here:
http://www.urban.org/publications/413047.html
Technical notes -- this project was compiled last under Netbeans 7.2.1, using JDK 1.7
The public domain libraries and software listed below are required to compile and run this software.
Users who wish to use EPIC must downloaded these libraries separately, as they are not
included in this repository:
THIRD PARTY LIBRARIES NEEDED: netlib-java-0.9.1.jar; arpack-combo-0.1.jar; mtj-0.9.14.jar; JDK 1.7
Also needed, standard Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04) utilities: CSH, SH, TCSH, SED, GREP, AWK, WC, GNUPLOT
ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE REQUIRED: lp_solve version 5.5