.TH ASTYLE 1 "April 21, 2007" ascend "User's Manual" .SH NAME ascend \- A modelling environment for solving equations .SH SYNOPSIS .B ascend [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIfilename.a4c\fR .SH DESCRIPTION \fBASCEND\fR (or \fBascend\fR) is modelling program that allows you to solve systems of equations. You write model files (*.a4c) that describe your system of equations, then you load them into the ASCEND GUI and examine and solve your equations. For more information see the ASCEND wiki at http://ascendwiki.cheme.cmu.edu/