Derek O'Connor
University College Dublin, Retired
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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...
bijna 13 jaar ago | 0
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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...
bijna 13 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...
ongeveer 13 jaar ago | 0
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>
ongeveer 13 jaar ago | 0
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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
ongeveer 13 jaar ago | 1 download |
Poisson random number generator
This is a cleaner fix of |PoissonSamp| % ------------------------------------------------------------- function S = Po...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 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: ...
meer dan 13 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 = ...
meer dan 13 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. ...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 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. %...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 jaar ago | 1 answer | 0
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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...
meer dan 13 jaar ago | 4
Poisson random number generator
I prefer this: % ------------------------------------------------------------- function S = PoissonSamp(lambda,ns); ...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 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...
meer dan 13 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 ...
meer dan 13 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, ...
meer dan 13 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...
bijna 14 jaar ago | 1
speed up finding common values in multiple matrices
Here are some tests on loopy alternatives to vectorized functions. %----------------------------------- function [z,A,...
ongeveer 14 jaar ago | 0
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...
ongeveer 14 jaar ago | 0
Finding Sequences of 1's values
This is a more general and simpler solution than my previous answer. %-------------------------------------------------------...
ongeveer 14 jaar ago | 0
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...
ongeveer 14 jaar ago | 1
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...
ongeveer 14 jaar ago | 4
[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,...
ongeveer 14 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...
ongeveer 14 jaar ago | 0
