PPP Method: status?



2000 Feb 16
 Subject: the Pariser-Parr-Pople method
 Could someone with some familiarity with the PPP method please tell me:
 1) is it still used at all?
 2) was it used for calculation of UV spectra *at a given geometry* only,
 or could it perform realistic geometry optimizations on pi-systems?
 2) what has it evolved into: what currently popular method or program
 for calculating electronic spectra is an offspring of the PPP method?
 Thank you.
 E. Lewars
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