Matrix Elements and Parton Showers in Hadronic Interactions

Abstract

A method is suggested to combine tree level QCD matrix for the production of multi jet final states and the parton shower in hadronic interactions. The method follows closely an algorithm developed recently for the case of $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ annihilations.

14 pages, 8 figures

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