Matlab has anyone used it or got any tips?
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The OH has a course on MatLab (some type of mathematics based programming system) and she is finding it very hard to understand, i have had a quick look and it seems to be some type of graphical system that is used to store stats and produce graphs, etc based upon algebraic equations.
Has anyone used it or got any user guides that a non programming person can follow without it blowing her mind as she is finding just following the tips in the book very difficult cause it goes from: here is 2 vector arrays of results to full blown equations to produce results in 2 pages and her being a non technical background is finding it tough in her masters degree.
please help.
Has anyone used it or got any user guides that a non programming person can follow without it blowing her mind as she is finding just following the tips in the book very difficult cause it goes from: here is 2 vector arrays of results to full blown equations to produce results in 2 pages and her being a non technical background is finding it tough in her masters degree.
please help.
http://webscripts.softpedia.com/downloadTag/Guide
Try google, MAtlab beginners or idiots guide thats how i found the link above
or even youtube might be beginners tutorials on there.
also mathworks.com
Try google, MAtlab beginners or idiots guide thats how i found the link above
or even youtube might be beginners tutorials on there.
also mathworks.com
Overhaulin said:
http://webscripts.softpedia.com/downloadTag/Guide
Try google, MAtlab beginners or idiots guide thats how i found the link above
or even youtube might be beginners tutorials on there.
also mathworks.com
cheers will look at that and pass the info on.... god i love ph for stuff like this.Try google, MAtlab beginners or idiots guide thats how i found the link above
or even youtube might be beginners tutorials on there.
also mathworks.com
Frik said:
There's shed loads of books on Amazon and the 'bay that have plenty to say about MatLab.
As I understand it it's a bit of an uninteresting GUI but it's well worth some perseverance as it's a very capable bit of software indeed.
she has one of the books, but its the case she has only been doing it for a week and as such she has been thrown in at the deep end and reading from a book is difficult when you have no prior maths (alevel,etc) or programming experience to get you in the frame of mind.As I understand it it's a bit of an uninteresting GUI but it's well worth some perseverance as it's a very capable bit of software indeed.
I've used it a couple of times, but that's it.
It's great if you have something that you want to model, but then you can work from the maths outwards. There are many things that you might think you need to do from scratch, but in fact they have already been done for you. For those, the manual can come in very handy.
In all other respects, if you are prepared to work from first principles and if you have the maths...... It has the patience.
It's great if you have something that you want to model, but then you can work from the maths outwards. There are many things that you might think you need to do from scratch, but in fact they have already been done for you. For those, the manual can come in very handy.
In all other respects, if you are prepared to work from first principles and if you have the maths...... It has the patience.
Edited by dilbert on Sunday 7th December 12:51
Frik said:
There's shed loads of books on Amazon and the 'bay that have plenty to say about MatLab.
As I understand it it's a bit of an uninteresting GUI but it's well worth some perseverance as it's a very capable bit of software indeed.
I've been using Matlab now for tooo many years throughout my Masters and PhD... As I understand it it's a bit of an uninteresting GUI but it's well worth some perseverance as it's a very capable bit of software indeed.
It does take some getting used to and can seem a bit daunting to begin with, but as Frik says it is a very good piece of software. Unless you can find a 'Matlab for dummies' book that you like the 'help' section in Matlab itself is very extensive and useful, though some of the mathematical/coding aspects are not as well explained as they could be. In addition use google
If you get stuck on something just google it. It might seem blindingly obvious but if Matlab's own help or online help ( Mathworks) doesn't explain things properly try google, e.g. 'plots, matlab' and you'll find a host of useful stuff.
If you are really stuck, PM me and I'll help if I can
G
GJR said:
Frik said:
There's shed loads of books on Amazon and the 'bay that have plenty to say about MatLab.
As I understand it it's a bit of an uninteresting GUI but it's well worth some perseverance as it's a very capable bit of software indeed.
I've been using Matlab now for tooo many years throughout my Masters and PhD... As I understand it it's a bit of an uninteresting GUI but it's well worth some perseverance as it's a very capable bit of software indeed.
It does take some getting used to and can seem a bit daunting to begin with, but as Frik says it is a very good piece of software. Unless you can find a 'Matlab for dummies' book that you like the 'help' section in Matlab itself is very extensive and useful, though some of the mathematical/coding aspects are not as well explained as they could be. In addition use google
If you get stuck on something just google it. It might seem blindingly obvious but if Matlab's own help or online help ( Mathworks) doesn't explain things properly try google, e.g. 'plots, matlab' and you'll find a host of useful stuff.
If you are really stuck, PM me and I'll help if I can
the OH is needing to do a polling system from the main computer (the tutors) that takes the data daily/weekly and produces a graphical display (not found out what yet) but suspecting something like a pie chart/funky graph. Have you done something similar or heard if that is possible?
G
Here are two links which explain how to call outside matlab; (I hope they work)
SQL Calls
C Calls
It's obviously going to depend on what you're gettng the data from. If it's SQL you're in luck. In all other cases C can do what you need whatever it might be!
SQL Calls
C Calls
It's obviously going to depend on what you're gettng the data from. If it's SQL you're in luck. In all other cases C can do what you need whatever it might be!
Edited by dilbert on Sunday 7th December 13:38
This isn't something I've personally done before. I've only ever dealt with data stored locally or data that I've FTP'd from a remote location.
Along with Dilbert's.... here are a couple more. Clearly she'll need to know exactly how the data is presented or to be obtained. Matlab has a number of ways of getting data but this is likely to be the more difficult aspect of her project as the plotting will/should be straight forward.
Data Import and Export
Importing from a Database
Along with Dilbert's.... here are a couple more. Clearly she'll need to know exactly how the data is presented or to be obtained. Matlab has a number of ways of getting data but this is likely to be the more difficult aspect of her project as the plotting will/should be straight forward.
Data Import and Export
Importing from a Database
Edited by GJR on Sunday 7th December 14:11
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