Installation instructions:

create a directory, for example TST, and decompress all files into this directory by running
TSTMATLAB.EXE. The following files should be in this directory: ANALTS.EXE, MAIN.EXE, MIPAT.EXE,
README.TXT, SEATS.BAT, SEATS.ITR, SERIE, SERIE.PAT, SERIE.SPA, SERIE.STS, SERIE.TRC, SERIE.TRM,
TRACE.BAT, TRACEEX.EXE, TRAMO.BAT, TS.BAT, TST.BAT, and several MATLAB files with extension M.
There should be the following subdirectories: EXAMPLES, FDESC, GNUPLOT, GRAPH, MATLAB, OUTPAT,
OUTPUT, SERIES, SPECTAN, SPECTRC, SPECTRM, TRACEMAN, TSMAN, and TSTMATLABMAN.

TRAMO, SEATS and TRACE can be run in the MATLAB environment as described in the manual TSTMATLAB
located in the directory TSTMATLABMAN.

TRAMO and SEATS are described in the manuals TS-INST97C.PDF and CHANGPRO.PDF located in the
directory TSMAN. Some examples for TRAMO and SEATS are in the directory EXAMPLES.

TRACE (Trend and Cycle estimation) is described in the manual TRACEMAN.PDF, located in the
directory TRACEMAN. Some examples of input files for TRACE are in the directory EXAMPLES. Some
specifications for bandpass filters to apply to yearly, quarterly and monthly series are in the
directory SPECTRC.


Some remarks on the DOS versions of TRAMO, SEATS, TRACE and PAT:

The versions of TRAMO and SEATS are reliable DOS versions that comply with the 1997 manual of these
programs with three exceptions:

1) The programs are in the same directory.

2) The input files are SERIE.TRM and SERIE.TST, and the output files have the
   extension TRM and TST.

3) In the output of SEATS some data are printed with more decimal places.

Apart from running TRAMO, SEATS and TRACE using TSTMATLAB, these programs can also be run in the
operating system environment, as described in the their manuals. To run TRAMO, type tramo. To run
SEATS, type seats. To run TRACE, type trace. To run both TRAMO and SEATS, type TS. To run TRAMO,
SEATS and TRACE, type TST. The input file for TRACE is SERIE.TRC.

The output from TRAMO and SEATS is written in the directory OUTPUT, with the extensions described
in 2) above, and in the directory GRAPH, as described in the manuals of these programs.

The output from TRACE is written in the directory GNUPLOT (the data in two
columns, one for the trend and one for the cycle, with extension DAT) and in
the directory OUTPUT (the program output with extension TRC). Also, some
instructions for graphics can optionally be written in the directories MATLAB
(for MATLAB graphics with extension M) and GNUPLOT (for gnuplot graphics with
extension GNP).

Program PAT can be run by typing mipat and then intro. The TRACE program creates input files for
PAT automatically. The version of PAT is that of OECD 1995, modified to handle input and output
files differently. The input for PAT should be in the file SERIE.PAT. The output from PAT is
written in the directory OUTPAT. There are two files, one with extension TXT and the other with
extension DAT. Make sure that the file LISTA.DAT exists in the FDESC subdirectory before executing
PAT. Otherwise this program will not run and an error message will be displayed.