APPENDIX A


 MPSRAND DOCUMENTATION


 This program will convert an MPS III QUAD problem deck into a
data deck for the LCRAND package. The MPSRAND program expects as input
the standard QMATGEN input structure in the following form.
 NAME PROBLEM
 Table Z:Q..........


(DATA) {A matrix coefficients


 Table Z:A

 A matrix coefficient
(DATA) {OBJ vector coefficient
 RHS vector coefficient

ENDATA
 Each DATA card must be of the form: Rowname = Rowtype, Column name,
Column type, Coefficient value, All punctuation must be included as
indicated. The format is free except for the restriction that everything
(on data cards) must be within columns 18-71.
 The output is a data deck acceptable to LCRAND. It has the follow-
ing form:
 ROWS

 {Rowdata}

 END
 MATRIX

 {matrix coefficient data)

 END
 RHS

 {right-hand side coefficient values}


END