How to program with Matlab?

Script: pdf version: IntroductionMatlab1.pdf Word version: IntroductionMatlab1.docx (both versions are identical)

Demo programs: vectors_and_matrices.m, matrix_mathematics.m

Demo data: picturematrix.mat (homework 2e) , demo_data.mat (homework 2f and 2g)

Course examples of homework solutions: homework_Day1_2.zip

Topics:

• Matlab windows
• help
• Variables
• Basic syntax rules
• Error messages
• Vectors and matrices
• Mathematical operations
• Some build-in mathematical functions
• saving and loading data
• Basic graphics
• Scripts

Functions, data types and if statements

Script: pdf version: IntroductionMatlab2.pdf Word version: IntroductionMatlab2.docx (both versions are identical)

Demo programs: if_demo.m, aliasing_effect.m

Demo data: data_for_day2.zip

Course examples of homework solutions: Homework_Day2.zip

Topics:

• Functions
• Well-structured programs
  
• Numerical data types: double, integer
• Characters
• Logicals
• Casting
  
• Tests for types and equality
  
• if statements
• Statistical significance test
  

Loops

Script: pdf version: IntroductionMatlab3.docx Word version: IntroductionMatlab3.pdf(both versions are identical)

Demo programs: demo_programs_for_day3.zip

Demo data: data_for_day3.zip

Course examples of homework solutions: Homework_day3.zip

Topics:

• for loops
• while loops
• nested loops
  
• searching in data
  
• sorting data

Meeting to discuss homeworks of day 2 and day 3

Data flow and control flow

Script: pdf version: Matlab_adv1_dataflow.pdf
Word version (identical to pdf version): Matlab_adv1_dataflow.docx

Topics:

• Software development
  
• How to structure a big problem
• Control flow
• Pseudocode
• Flowchart
• Data flow
• Data flow diagram
  
• Control elements in programs
• if-construction
• switch construction
• for loop
• while loop
  
• Scripts and functions
• scripts
• functions
• sub-functions
• nested functions
• global variables
  

Error handling

Script: pdf version: Matlab_adv2_errorhandling.pdf
Word version (identical to pdf version):Matlab_adv2_errorhandling.docx

Demo programs: debugging_example.zip

Topics:

• Testing a program
  
• Debugging
• Debugging by hand
• Using the debugger
• Even more advanced tools for debugging
  
• Common sources of errors
• Unexpected user inputs
• Case distinctions
• Random numbers
• Directories or file names
  
• Using the cell mode in the editor
• Create your own toolbox

Peter Harmand: Comparison of Matlab statistics toolbox and R

Script and demo programs: scripts_and_data.zip

Topics:

• Basic statistics with Matlab and R -- a comparison
  • The programs and the user interface
  • Data input
  • Multivariate data sets
  • Statistical graphics
  • Probability distributions
  • Test etc.
  • Programming
• Some statistics around the Poisson process and spike trains
  • Review/crash course: What is a Poisson process?
  • Simulation of Poisson processes
  • Various ways of testing Poisson processes
  • Inhomogeneous Poisson processes
  • Modifications to simulate a refractory period
  • Comparison with real data

Speeding up

Script: pdf version: Matlab_adv4_speeding_up.pdf
Word version (identical to pdf version):Matlab_adv4_speeding_up.docx

Demo programs: updown.zip

Topics:

• Memory management
  • How Matlab uses memory
  • Tips to save memory
  • Sparse matrices
• Computing time management
  • Initialize variables
  • Vectorized solutions
  • JIT-Accelerator
  • Built-in functions
  • Tips to save CPU time
• Tools to improve the performance
  • Time watch
  • CPU time
  • debugging tools
  • profiler
• Matlab and C
  • MEX files
  • Matlab Engine
  • Matlab Compiler
• Example for speeding up Matlab code and using the profiler (see <a data-rte-error="Broken link" href=""t3://file?uid=185163">updown.zip</a>)</li> </ul>

Advanced data types

Script: pdf version: Matlab_adv5_data_types.pdf
Word version (identical to pdf version):Matlab_adv5_data_types.docx

Demo programs: struct_cells.zip

Topics:

• Basic data types (see script IntroductionMatlab2.pdf)
• Logical indexing
• Cell arrays
• Structures
• Functions with variable numbers of input and output arguments

Object orientated programming

Script: pdf version: Matlab_adv6_objects.pdf
Word version (identical to pdf version):Matlab_adv6_objects.docx

Demo programs: objects.zip

• General ideas of object orientated programming
• Nomenclature
• Definition of a class
  • header
  • properties
  • methods
• Work with your class
• Creating class hierarchies
• Handle classes and value classes

Graphics

Script: pdf version: Matlab_adv7_graphics.pdf
Word version (identical to pdf version):Matlab_adv7_graphics.docx

Demo programs: handle_objects.zip graphics.zip

• General considerations
• Creating graphics with Matlab GUIs
• Matlab graphics objects hierarchy
• handle graphics
  
• Manipulation of graphics objects
• handles
• current objects
• get and set properties
• property names
  
• Graphic objects hierarchy
• figure
• axes
• core objects
• plot objects
• group objects
  
• Axes and multiple figures
• figure windows
• multiple figures in one window
• modify properties of current axes
• 2D plotting
  
• plot command
• more plotting commands
  
• line specifiers
  
• 3D plotting
• line plotting
• surface plotting
  
• Text in figures
  
• Exporting figures
• Graphics callbacks
  

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