August 13, 2002

IEEEtran.bst is the official BibTeX style for authors of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) transactions journals and
conferences. It also may have applications in other academic work such as
theses and technical reports.

Please note that IEEEtran.bst is a very comprehensive BibTeX style which
provides many extensions beyond the standard BibTeX styles - including full
support for references of online documents, patents, periodicals and 
standards.

Extensive formal documentation is also provided.


 Enjoy!

Michael Shell
mshell@ece.gatech.edu


********************* Files **********************

README                 - This file.

IEEEtran.bst           - The BibTeX style file.

IEEEtran_bst_HOWTO.pdf - The user manual.

IEEEexample.bib        - An example BibTeX database that contains the
                         references shown in the user manual.

IEEEabrv.bib           - String definitions for the abbreviated names of
                         IEEE journals. (For use with IEEE work.)
                         
IEEEfull.bib           - String definitions for the full names of
                         IEEE journals. (Do not use for IEEE work.)

IEEEbcpat.bib          - Obsolete string definitions provided by older
                         versions of IEEE BibTeX .bst files. (Do not
                         use for IEEE work.)




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