This page was designed to be a "help center" for using MOSES. It contains:

• The Getting Started Page contains information especially useful to a new user.

• The Documentation Page contains both hard copy Reference Manual, online Reference Manual, Questions about Details, MOSES Conventions, MOSES Verification, Some Theory, and some Miscellaneous Technical Information.

• The Question About Details contains Frequently Asked Questions.

• The Vessel Library Page contains models of many real vessels.

• The Tutorials Page contains tutorials on "how to do" several things.

• The Tools Page describes the tools which are supplied.

• The Examples Page contains sample problems and tests.

• The Maintain Page is "nuts and bolts" detailed documentation on maintaining MOSES.

• A set of pictures of different types of MOSES analyses.

• The most Common Mistakes when running MOSES are discussed.

• Lists of Warnings and Error Messages are provided.

Can't Find the Answer?:

If you do not find the answer here, please send us an e-mail on the form provided. If you have questions about specific MOSES results or encounter "strange" error messages, you will need to send us a simple set of MOSES data which exhibits the problem. In particular:

• A MOSES data file,

• A MOSES cif file with all commands used to generate the results. If you type something at the prompt, the cif file does not meet these requirements. Running moses filename.cif must be all that is necessary to generate your output, and

• The output and log files that result from running MOSES with the input.

This is more than one file so, please send them as a single ZIP file attachment. The information must be complete so that we can run MOSES to reproduce the results you sent. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in a delay in your getting a positive answer to your question.