Preface

The installation of the Amsterdam Density Functional band-structure program (BAND) on a computer is explained in the Installation manual, where you can also find information about the license file(s) that you need to run the program. This User's Guide describes how to use the program, how input is structured, what files are produced, and so on. The Examples document, also available on the SCM web site, explains the most popular features in detail, by commenting on the input and output files in the $ADFHOME/examples/band directory.

Where references are made to the operating system (OS) and to the file system on your computer the terminology of UNIX type OSs is used and a hierarchical structure of directories is assumed. The Mac OS X platform, Linux, and all popular Windows platforms are supported.

This guide and other documentation is available on the www via the Scientific Computing & Modelling home page at http://www.scm.com. As mentioned in the license agreement, it is mandatory, for publications in which BAND has been used, to cite the lead references given in the References document, which can be found on the SCM website.