PDF files of the User's Guides for the CHOLMOD, AMD and CAMD sparse matrix libraries are available from Tim Davis's web site for his sparse matrix packages. The base URL for the web site is http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse A direct link to "The CHOLMOD User's Guide" is http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/cholmod/current/CHOLMOD/Doc/UserGuide.pdf A direct link to "The AMD User's Guide" is http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/amd/current/AMD/Doc/AMD_UserGuide.pdf (Apparently Tim has taken Oscar Wilde's observation that "consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative" to heart.) A direct link to "The CAMD User's Guide" is http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/camd/current/CAMD/Doc/AMD_UserGuide.pdf