MatLAB 6 0 Using

Development Environment......Page 25 Starting and Quitting MATLAB......Page 27 Startup Directory for MATLAB......Page 29 Startup Options......Page 31 Reducing Startup Time with Toolbox Path Caching......Page 36 Running a Script When Quitting MATLAB......Page 41 Using the Desktop......Page 43 Desktop Tools......Page 46 Launch Pad......Page 47 Opening and Closing Desktop Tools......Page 49 Resizing Windows......Page 51 Moving Windows......Page 52 Using Predefined Desktop Configurations......Page 58 Context Menus......Page 59 Keyboard Shortcuts and Accelerators......Page 60 Selecting Multiple Items......Page 61 Accessing The MathWorks on the Web......Page 62 Setting Preferences......Page 63 General Preferences for MATLAB......Page 65 Running MATLAB Functions......Page 67 Running Functions and Entering Variables......Page 68 Controlling Input and Output......Page 70 Running Programs......Page 77 Keeping a Session Log......Page 78 Preferences for the Command Window......Page 79 Viewing Functions in the Command History Window......Page 83 Running Functions from the Command History Window......Page 84 Copying Functions from the Command History Window......Page 85 Getting Help......Page 87 Types of Information......Page 89 Using the Help Browser......Page 90 Changing the Size of the Help Browser......Page 91 Using the Product Filter......Page 93 Viewing the Contents Listing in the Help Browser......Page 95 Finding Documentation Using the Index......Page 97 Searching Documentation......Page 99 Bookmarking Favorite Pages......Page 101 Viewing Documentation in the Display Pane......Page 103 Bookmarking Pages......Page 104 Evaluating a Selection......Page 105 Viewing Web Pages......Page 106 Preferences for the Help Browser......Page 107 Documentation Location – Specifying the help Directory......Page 108 General – Synchronizing the Contents Pane with the Displayed Page......Page 109 Help Fonts Preferences – Specifying Font Name, Style, and Size......Page 110 Printing the PDF Version of Documentation......Page 112 Using Help Functions......Page 114 Getting Help in the Command Window – the help Function......Page 115 Running Demos......Page 117 Getting Version and License Information......Page 118 Participating in the Newsgroup for MathWorks Products......Page 119 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations......Page 121 Workspace Browser......Page 123 Viewing and Editing Workspace Variables Using the Array Editor......Page 130 How the Search Path Works......Page 134 Viewing and Setting the Search Path......Page 135 Current Directory Browser......Page 140 Viewing and Making Changes to Directories......Page 142 Creating, Renaming, Copying, and Removing Directories and Files......Page 143 Opening, Running, and Viewing the Content of Files......Page 146 Finding and Replacing Content Within Files......Page 148 Preferences for the Current Directory Browser......Page 150 Importing and Exporting Data......Page 153 Using the Import Wizard with Text Data......Page 156 Using Import Functions with Text Data......Page 161 Importing Numeric Text Data......Page 163 Importing Delimited ASCII Data Files......Page 164 Importing Numeric Data with Text Headers......Page 165 Importing Mixed Alphabetic and Numeric Data......Page 166 Exporting ASCII Data......Page 168 Exporting Delimited ASCII Data Files......Page 169 Using the diary Command to Export Data......Page 170 Using the Import Wizard with Binary Data Files......Page 172 Using Import Functions with Binary Data......Page 174 Exporting Binary Data......Page 177 Exporting MATLAB Graphs in AVI Format......Page 179 Working with HDF Data......Page 181 Overview of MATLAB HDF Support......Page 182 MATLAB HDF Function Calling Conventions......Page 183 Importing HDF Data into the MATLAB Workspace......Page 185 Exporting MATLAB Data in an HDF File......Page 193 Including Metadata in an HDF File......Page 199 Using the MATLAB HDF Utility API......Page 201 Using Low-Level File I/O Functions......Page 203 Opening Files......Page 204 Reading Binary Data......Page 206 Writing Binary Data......Page 207 Controlling Position in a File......Page 208 Reading Strings Line-By-Line from Text Files......Page 210 Reading Formatted ASCII Data......Page 211 Writing Formatted Text Files......Page 213 Closing a File......Page 214 Editing and Debugging M-Files......Page 215 Starting the Editor/Debugger......Page 217 Creating a New M-File in the Editor/Debugger......Page 218 Opening Existing M-Files in the Editor/Debugger......Page 219 Closing the Editor/Debugger......Page 220 Appearance of an M-File......Page 222 Navigating in an M-File......Page 225 Running M-Files from the Editor/Debugger......Page 229 Closing M-Files......Page 230 Finding Errors......Page 231 Debugging Example – The Collatz Problem......Page 232 Using Debugging Features......Page 236 Preferences for the Editor/Debugger......Page 249 General Preferences for the Editor/Debugger......Page 250 Font & Colors Preferences for the Editor/Debugger......Page 251 Display Preferences for the Editor/Debugger......Page 252 Keyboard and Indenting Preferences for the Editor/ Debugger......Page 254 Printing Preferences for the Editor/Debugger......Page 256 Improving M-File Performance – the Profiler......Page 259 What Is Profiling?......Page 261 The profile Function......Page 262 An Example Using the Profiler......Page 264 Viewing Profile Reports......Page 265 Profile Plot......Page 270 Saving Profile Reports......Page 271 Interfacing with Source Control Systems......Page 275 Process of Interfacing to an SCS......Page 277 Viewing or Selecting the Source Control System......Page 278 Function Alternative for Viewing the SCS......Page 279 For ClearCase on UNIX Only – Set a View and Check Out a Directory......Page 280 Checking Files into the Source Control System......Page 281 Function Alternative for Checking In Files......Page 282 Checking Files Out of the SCS......Page 283 Undoing the Check-Out......Page 284 Using Notebook......Page 287 Creating an M-Book......Page 289 Protecting the Integrity of Your Workspace......Page 292 Ensuring Data Consistency......Page 293 Defining Cell Groups......Page 294 Defining Calc Zones......Page 296 Converting an Input Cell to Text......Page 297 Evaluating MATLAB Commands......Page 298 Evaluating Cell Groups......Page 299 Evaluating a Calc Zone......Page 300 Using a Loop to Evaluate Input Cells Repeatedly......Page 301 Converting Output Cells to Text......Page 302 Deleting Output Cells......Page 303 Modifying Styles in the M-Book Template......Page 304 Choosing Loose or Compact Format......Page 305 Controlling Graphic Output......Page 306 Configuring Notebook......Page 310 Define Autoinit Cell Command......Page 312 Define Input Cell Command......Page 313 Evaluate Cell Command......Page 314 Evaluate Loop Command......Page 315 Group Cells Command......Page 316 Toggle Graph Output for Cell Command......Page 317 Ungroup Cells Command......Page 318 Mathematics......Page 321 Matrices and Linear Algebra......Page 323 Function Summary......Page 325 Creation......Page 327 Vector Productsand Transpose......Page 329 Matrix Multiplication......Page 331 The Kronecker Tensor Product......Page 333 Vector and Matrix Norms......Page 334 Overview......Page 335 Overdetermined Systems......Page 337 Underdetermined Systems......Page 340 Overview......Page 343 Pseudoinverses......Page 344 Cholesky Factorization......Page 347 LU Factorization......Page 348 QR Factorization......Page 350 Matrix Powers and Exponentials......Page 354 Eigenvalues......Page 357 Singular Value Decomposition......Page 361 Polynomials and Interpolation......Page 363 Polynomial Function Summary......Page 365 Polynomial Roots......Page 366 Polynomial Evaluation......Page 367 Polynomial Derivatives......Page 368 Polynomial Curve Fitting......Page 369 Partial Fraction Expansion......Page 370 Interpolation Function Summary......Page 372 One-Dimensional Interpolation......Page 373 Two-Dimensional Interpolation......Page 375 Comparing Interpolation Methods......Page 376 Interpolation and Multidimensional Arrays......Page 378 Triangulation and Interpolation of Scattered Data......Page 381 Tessellation and Interpolation of Scattered Data in Higher Dimensions......Page 389 Selected Bibliography......Page 400 Data Analysis and Statistics......Page 401 Column-Oriented Data Sets......Page 404 Function Summary......Page 408 Covariance and Correlation Coefficients......Page 411 Finite Differences......Page 412 Missing Values......Page 414 Removing Outliers......Page 415 Regression and Curve Fitting......Page 417 Polynomial Regression......Page 418 Linear-in-the-Parameters Regression......Page 419 Multiple Regression......Page 421 Polynomial Fit......Page 422 Analyzing Residuals......Page 424 Exponential Fit......Page 427 Error Bounds......Page 430 The Basic Fitting Interface......Page 431 Difference Equations and Filtering......Page 440 Function Summary......Page 443 Introduction......Page 444 Magnitude and Phase of Transformed Data......Page 449 FFT Length Versus Speed......Page 450 Function Functions......Page 451 Function Summary......Page 453 Representing Functions in MATLAB......Page 454 Plotting Mathematical Functions......Page 456 Minimizing Functions of One Variable......Page 459 Minimizing Functions of Several Variables......Page 460 Setting Minimization Options......Page 461 Finding Zeros of Functions......Page 462 Troubleshooting......Page 465 Converting Your Optimization Code to MATLAB Version 5 Syntax......Page 466 Example: Computing the Length of a Curve......Page 469 Example: Double Integration......Page 470 Differential Equations......Page 473 ODE Function Summary......Page 475 Initial Value Problem Solvers......Page 478 Representing ODE Problems......Page 482 Improving ODE Solver Performance......Page 488 Examples: Applying the ODE Initial Value Problem Solvers......Page 503 Questions and Answers, and Troubleshooting......Page 522 BVP Function Summary......Page 529 Introduction to Boundary Value ODE Problems......Page 531 Boundary Value Problem Solver......Page 532 Representing BVP Problems......Page 535 Using Continuation to Make a Good Initial Guess......Page 540 Improving BVP Solver Performance......Page 547 PDE Function Summary......Page 554 Introduction to PDE Problems......Page 555 MATLAB Partial Differential Equation Solver......Page 556 Representing PDE Problems......Page 560 Improving PDE Solver Performance......Page 565 Example: Electrodynamics Problem......Page 566 Selected Bibliography......Page 571 Sparse Matrices......Page 573 Function Summary......Page 575 Sparse Matrix Storage......Page 578 Creating Sparse Matrices......Page 579 Importing Sparse Matrices from Outside MATLAB......Page 584 Information About Nonzero Elements......Page 585 Viewing Sparse Matrices Graphically......Page 587 The find Function and Sparse Matrices......Page 588 Introduction to Adjacency Matrices......Page 589 The Bucky Ball......Page 590 An Airflow Model......Page 595 Standard Mathematical Operations......Page 597 Permutation and Reordering......Page 598 Factorization......Page 602 Simultaneous Linear Equations......Page 608 Eigenvalues and Singular Values......Page 611 Selected Bibliography......Page 614 Programming and Data Types......Page 615 M-File Programming......Page 617 Kinds of M-Files......Page 619 Providing Help for Your Programs......Page 620 Creating M-Files: Accessing Text Editors......Page 621 Simple Script Example......Page 623 Simple Function Example......Page 624 Basic Parts of a Function M-File......Page 625 Function Names......Page 627 How Functions Work......Page 628 Checking the Number of Function Arguments......Page 630 Passing Variable Numbers of Arguments......Page 632 Local and Global Variables......Page 635 Persistent Variables......Page 636 Special Values......Page 637 Data Types......Page 638 Keywords......Page 641 Arithmetic Operators......Page 642 Relational Operators......Page 644 Logical Operators......Page 645 Operator Precedence......Page 648 if, else, and elseif......Page 651 switch......Page 653 while......Page 655 for......Page 656 break......Page 657 return......Page 658 Subfunctions......Page 659 Private Functions......Page 661 Subscripting......Page 662 Advanced Indexing......Page 667 feval......Page 670 Command/Function Duality......Page 672 Operating on an Empty Matrix......Page 673 Using Empty Matrices with If or While......Page 674 Error Handling with eval and lasterr......Page 675 Displaying Error and Warning Messages......Page 676 Date Formats......Page 678 Current Date and Time......Page 683 Pausing During Execution......Page 685 Shell Escape Functions......Page 686 Vectorizing Loops......Page 687 Preallocating Arrays......Page 689 Making Efficient Use of Memory......Page 690 Character Arrays (Strings)......Page 695 Creating Character Arrays......Page 699 Creating Two-Dimensional Character Arrays......Page 700 Converting Characters to Numeric Values......Page 701 Converting to a Cell Array of Strings......Page 702 Comparing Strings For Equality......Page 704 Comparing for Equality Using Operators......Page 705 Categorizing Characters Within a String......Page 706 Searching and Replacing......Page 707 String/Numeric Conversion......Page 709 Array/String Conversion......Page 710 Multidimensional Arrays......Page 711 Multidimensional Arrays......Page 713 Creating Multidimensional Arrays......Page 714 Accessing Multidimensional Array Properties......Page 718 Indexing......Page 719 Reshaping......Page 720 Permuting Array Dimensions......Page 722 Operating Element-by-Element......Page 724 Operating on Planes and Matrices......Page 725 Organizing Data in Multidimensional Arrays......Page 726 Multidimensional Cell Arrays......Page 728 Multidimensional Structure Arrays......Page 729 Applying Functions to Multidimensional Structure Arrays......Page 730 Structures and Cell Arrays......Page 731 Structures......Page 734 Building Structure Arrays......Page 735 Accessing Data in Structure Arrays......Page 737 Applying Functions and Operators......Page 740 Writing Functions to Operate on Structures......Page 741 Organizing Data in Structure Arrays......Page 742 Nesting Structures......Page 747 Cell Arrays......Page 749 Creating Cell Arrays......Page 750 Obtaining Data from Cell Arrays......Page 753 Deleting Cells......Page 754 Replacing Lists of Variables with Cell Arrays......Page 755 Organizing Data in Cell Arrays......Page 757 Nesting Cell Arrays......Page 759 Converting Between Cell and Numeric Arrays......Page 760 Cell Arrays of Structures......Page 761 Function Handles......Page 763 Benefits of Using Function Handles......Page 765 A Simple Function Handle......Page 767 Maximum Length of a Function Name......Page 769 Function Evaluation and Overloading......Page 771 Examples of Function Handle Evaluation......Page 772 Displaying Function Handle Information......Page 775 Fields Returned by the Functions Command......Page 776 Types of Function Handles......Page 779 Converting Function Handles to Function Names......Page 783 Converting Function Names to Function Handles......Page 784 Testing for Equality......Page 785 Saving and Loading Function Handles......Page 787 Including Path In the Function Handle Constructor......Page 788 Evaluating a Nonscalar Function Handle......Page 789 Historical Note - Evaluating Function Names......Page 790 MATLAB Classes and Objects......Page 791 Features of Object-Oriented Programming......Page 793 Creating Objects......Page 794 Invoking Methods on Objects......Page 795 Debugging Class Methods......Page 796 Setting Up Class Directories......Page 797 Tips for C++ and Java Programmers......Page 798 The MATLAB Canonical Class......Page 799 The Class Constructor Method......Page 800 Identifying Objects Outside the Class Directory......Page 801 The display Method......Page 802 The set and get Methods......Page 803 Handling Subscripted Reference......Page 804 Object Indexing Within Methods......Page 807 Defining end Indexing for an Object......Page 808 Indexing an Object with Another Object......Page 809 Converter Methods......Page 810 Overloading Operators......Page 811 Overloading Functions......Page 813 The Polynom Constructor Method......Page 814 Converter Methods for the Polynom Class......Page 815 The Polynom subsref Method......Page 818 Overloading Arithmetic Operators for polynom......Page 819 Overloading Functions for the Polynom Class......Page 821 Listing Class Methods......Page 823 Simple Inheritance......Page 825 Multiple Inheritance......Page 826 Aggregation......Page 827 Inheritance Model for the Asset Class......Page 828 The Asset Constructor Method......Page 829 The Asset set Method......Page 831 The Asset subsref Method......Page 832 The Asset subsasgn Method......Page 833 The Asset display Method......Page 834 Designing the Stock Class......Page 835 The Stock Constructor Method......Page 836 The Stock set Method......Page 838 The Stock subsref Method......Page 839 The Stock subsasgn Method......Page 841 The Stock display Method......Page 842 Designing the Portfolio Class......Page 844 The Portfolio Constructor Method......Page 845 The Portfolio display Method......Page 846 The Portfolio pie3 Method......Page 847 Creating a Portfolio......Page 848 Modifying Objects During Save or Load......Page 850 Summary of Code Changes......Page 851 The loadobj Method......Page 852 Changing the Portfolio Constructor......Page 853 The Portfolio subsref Method......Page 854 Object Precedence......Page 855 Specifying Precedence of User-Defined Classes......Page 856 Selecting a Method......Page 857 Querying Which Method MATLAB Will Call......Page 860 External Interfaces and the MATLAB API......Page 861 Finding the Documentation in Online Help......Page 862 Reference Documentation......Page 864 Index......Page 867