This index classifies NAG Library routines according to Version 2 of the GAMS classification scheme described in Boisvert et al. (1990).
| A: | Arithmetic, error analysis |
| B: | Number theory |
| C: | Elementary and special functions (search also class L5) |
| D: | Linear Algebra |
| E: | Interpolation |
| F: | Solution of nonlinear equations |
| G: | Optimization (search also classes K, L8) |
| H: | Differentiation, integration |
| I: | Differential and integral equations |
| J: | Integral transforms |
| K: | Approximation (search also class L8) |
| L: | Statistics, probability |
| M: | Simulation, stochastic modeling (search also classes L6 and L10) |
| N: | Data handling (search also class L2) |
| O: | Symbolic computation |
| P: | Computational geometry (search also classes G and Q) |
| Q: | Graphics (search also class L3) |
| R: | Service routines |
| S: | Software development tools |
| Z: | Other |
Boisvert R F, Howe S E and Kahaner D K 1985 GAMS – a framework for the management of scientific software ACM Trans. Math. Software 11 313–355
Boisvert R F 1989 The guide to available mathematical software advisory system Math. Comput. Simul. 31 453–464
Boisvert R F, Howe S E and Kahaner D K 1990 The guide to available mathematical software problem classification scheme Report NISTIR 4475 Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology