Muon Algorithms Status Report for the Months 
of October and November 1998 :


We have  made updates   to the  geometry  software to    use realistic
geometry  for MDT  octants in  place  of idealized trapezoids for  all
octants. The TZ files used  for GEANT are also  being updated so as to
be consistent  with the detector drawings and  input (rcp file) to the
muon geometry software.  The   MuoAnalyze  package and the    detector
display packages  are being  used to debug   geometry. We continue  to
debug and  fix muon geometry   (base and channel  geometry for various
detectors)  as we continue to  use it to  provide relevant information
for hit finding and tracking. 

We have two packages  for detector and event  display. One of them was
developed by Onne Peters and Kors Bos  and is based on ARVE framework.
Ths has  been  and  is  being   used extensively.   This   handles all
sub-detectors  of the muon system and   displays the detectors and the
events (hits for now). The other package is based on the open inventor
and  has been  put together  by George  Alverson  of NEU.  Sharon  and
Harrison are supposed to take over the open inventor package. 


We are  making progress on global tracking  in  WAMUS and beginning to
work on FAMUS.  This will be in Daria's report under Muon ID.  We have
also started work on alternate fast segement finding and tracking. 



Pushpa and Taka