Derek O'Connor
University College Dublin, Retired
Professional Interests: Algorithms and Data Structures, Numerical Analysis
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Is there a better way to randomly generate a Doubly Stochastic Matrix?
@Matt, You are a true blue Matlabber. With just matrix indexing you have written a function which is many times faster than mine...
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Is there a better way to randomly generate a Doubly Stochastic Matrix?
Here is a profile of the call |n = 2*10^3; M = DStochMat02(n,ones(n)./n);| More specifically, can the hot-spot, statement 1...
meer dan 11 jaar ago | 2 answers | 0
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answersMemory Utilization of a program in matlab.
A few years ago I suggested to Mathworks that they include memory usage in their Profiler. They said they were thinking about it...
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How to count consuctive 0's inbetween values of 1
This discussion might be useful: <http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/16356-finding-sequences-of-1-s-values>
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The Bellman-Ford-Moore Shortest Path Algorithm
A simple, efficient sparse implementation of the original Bellman-Ford-Moore Shortest Path Algorithm
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Poisson random number generator
This is a cleaner fix of |PoissonSamp| % ------------------------------------------------------------- function S = Po...
meer dan 11 jaar ago | 1
Poisson random number generator
I would like to thank Kang Wook Lee of Berkeley for pointing out an error in the code above. The last line should be |S(i) = k-1...
bijna 12 jaar ago | 1
Matlab gives wrong determinant value of 2x2 Matrix without warning.
@Nitin, The "issue" here is not round-off. It is the ill-condition of your matrix. Floating point arithmetic and its rounding...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
Matlab gives wrong determinant value of 2x2 Matrix without warning.
The products above are too big to fit in 32-bit integers. You can get the correct result by switching to 64-bit integers: ...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 0
Variation on the travelling salesman problem
@Walter, you're right, I mis-interpreted the problem. So back to the Zero-One LP solution. Given 2 3 1 A = ...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 0
Variation on the travelling salesman problem
It can be solved as a _Zero-One Linear Program_: Let |xij = 1| if the number |aij| is chosen for row |i|, zero otherwise. ...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 0
Inversion of a boolean matrix
*WRONG AGAIN* In testing Walter's suggestion about row and column sums I realized that |isInvBool2| is wrong. Try |B = [true...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
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Inversion of a boolean matrix
I am adding this crude |O(n^2)| invertibility test as a separate answer because my previous answer has become too long. %...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 0
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Why are the BLAS functions in R2011b much faster than R2008a?
Here are the results of a simple Matrix Benchmark test with |n = 10^3; A = rand(n,n)| Dell Precision 690, 2x4-Core Xeon 354...
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answerDo you think that MATLAB is expensive?
The academic version of Matlab at about €500 is too expensive for me, a retired lecturer. Cleve Moler in his SIAM oral history i...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 4
Poisson random number generator
I prefer this: % ------------------------------------------------------------- function S = PoissonSamp(lambda,ns); ...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
Poisson random number generator
@Ahmed, you're correct, it is not correct. The function below is a Matlab translation of Kroese's algorithm. It seems to wor...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 0
Poisson random number generator
Dirk Kroese has excellent notes here: <http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~kroese/mccourse.pdf>, which are based on his book: D.P. Kr...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
When to use the Secant Method of finding roots?
I would like to qualify what John says: "Methods like the secant method are rarely very good choices anyway." This is arguabl...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
randsample issues and generating random numbers from large populations
Here are two functions for taking a sample |S| of size |Ns| from a large, simply-defined population |P| of size |Np|. Both use ...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
Random sample without replacement
If you don't have access to *|R2011b|* and |randsample|, then the function below is reasonably fast on my |Dell Precision 690, ...
ongeveer 12 jaar ago | 1
Solve for x in (A^k)*x=b (sequentially, LU factorization)
Contrary to what Walter says, LU Decomposition is a great help in this problem. See my solution notes to Lab Exercise 6 --- LU...
meer dan 12 jaar ago | 1
speed up finding common values in multiple matrices
Here are some tests on loopy alternatives to vectorized functions. %----------------------------------- function [z,A,...
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Finding Sequences of 1's values
Jan, I'm using the Add-an-Answer window because the comment window is hard to use for all but short, text-only replies. I post...
meer dan 12 jaar ago | 0
Finding Sequences of 1's values
This is a more general and simpler solution than my previous answer. %-------------------------------------------------------...
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Finding Sequences of 1's values
If you don't have any toolboxes then this plain Matlab function may help. It is based loosely on the WordCount procedure in Kern...
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Inversion of a boolean matrix
*THEOREM*. _If a Boolean matrix B possesses a one-sided inverse, that inverse is also a two-sided inverse. Furthermore suc...
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[DEPRECATED] What frustrates you about MATLAB?
At Walter Roberson's request I'm reposting this answer here. *Boredom Forecast*: High(78/100). _Discussion of Syntax_. First,...
meer dan 12 jaar ago | 1
Problem with execution of "nested if" commands.
*Boredom Forecast*: _Discussion of Syntax_. High: (78/100) First, get the preferred indentation by using "smart indent" in the...
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