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@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Installation Instructions:
 2) Run ./configure
 3) Run make in the main directory.
 4) Navigate to the src/ directory and execute the ./CUDACompile.sh script. With gcc-4.8 as the default compiler and nvcc command registered it should work.
+
+5) To run the examples, navigate to examples and run:
+./test_qr -m 32 -n 32 - This will run a QR on a 32x32 tile matrix (a tile is 32x32 elements).
+./test_bh -n X -f inputfile.txt - This will run the barnes-hut example on X particles imported from inputfile.txt. If the -f parameter is excluded then it will generate X random particles instead.