Walter Roberson
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mexmaci64 and dylib issue
As your executable is not in /Applications you might be able to use setenv to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH. However if this is being run ...
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Reference to non-existent field
You solve() on four equations involving 18 variables. If it found a solution at all, it is not likely to be for the four variabl...
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use nvidia drivers instead of opengl
opengl save hardware then quit and re-enter MATLAB. You could also consider using hardwarebasic instead of hardware.
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Why does linspace create row instead of column?
The main reason is that row vectors take less screen space to print out -- easier to read, and less print-out (remember, MATLAB ...
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Curve fitting with an if statement
y = @(x) ((a0*(1-exp(-b0*(x-c0)))).*(x>=c0)) + ((a1*(1-exp(-b1*(x-c1)))).*(x>=c1))
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How to find first '1' in every row
A = [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0; 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0; 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0]; c = sum(cumprod(~A,2),2)+1; I do sometimes...
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How to convert a column vector into an image
nrow = 6; ncol = 6; B = full( sparse(C(:,1), C(:,2), A, nrow, ncol) ); Or nrow = 6; ncol = 6; B = accumarray(C, A(:), [nrow ...
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s-function error
We can predict that set_K_parameter has side effects: you call it inside the loop but you never use the output values. u_dat.J...
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Arithmetic problem with for loop
l = zeros(1,N); %creating and empty array l(1) = ((3*(10^8))/(2*f1)); %formula for i = 2:N l(i) = taper1 * l(i - 1); ...
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Xeon Phi Knights Mill
Yes, you can use MATLAB with Intel Xeon Phi processors (not co-processors). See though https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/...
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Why does it take so long for Application Compiled exe to execute?
The first time you run, it has to break out the CTF archive as well as everything else. Each time you run it has to check the...
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Error: index must be a positive integer or logical.
You are confusing formula and indexing. In MATLAB, except under some circumstances involving symbolic variables, every time you...
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How is it possible that vpasolve gives empty vectors when there are solutions?
vpasolve() does a modified newton search. This can involve projecting outside of any given bounds even though the solution is ...
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Simulated annealing for optimization
Generally speaking, simulated annealing can be used to solve QAP, but it would likely be much much slower than a routine designe...
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Importing CSV files into MATLAB
In R2019a there is now readmatrix() for reading numeric values (not mixed data type). Before that, you can use readtable() and ...
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Problem with Psychtoolbox on Dell XPS15 9560
This is not a MATLAB issue. See http://psychtoolbox.org/docs/SyncTrouble for explanation and possible solutions.
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How can I change symbolic displays to decimal displays?
There are several ways to approximate a number or change the display in Symbolic Math Toolbox. To approximate a numeric value i...
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How to set CurrentTime for VideoReader in parfor loop
"Timestamp of the video frame to read, specified as a numeric scalar. The timestamp is specified in seconds from the start of th...
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Why do I get a error that says "subscript indices must either be rea positive integers or logicals" when run set(gca,'fontsize',20)?
You accidentally created a variable named set
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How to find all coordinates of extremes of two variable function?
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/polyder.html and roots()
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How to edit scatter plot legend?
Every scatter call generates a graphics object and by default legend draws labels by order of graphics object.
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is there any way to replace this code part with an equivalent part that runs faster?
As you appear to be running those in a loop, move the ones(300,500) to outside the loop. You do not appear to be...
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How to display multiple string outputs in a static text box in GUI
Set the 'Max' property of the uicontrol style 'text' to more than 1. The text box will then be able to display a cell array of c...
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case of two mappings
%mapping #1: x -> x^2 %mapping #2: x -> x/2 + 1 mapping1 = @(x) x.^2; mapping2 = @(x) x/2 + 1; map1_2 = @(x) mapping2(ma...
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Image aquisition with high speed camera
The approaches you describe cannot work. You need a hardware trigger for constant frame rate. However if you were using an ni...
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Typing an equation in matlab with greek letters
syms kB T D0 Pi = evalin(symengine, '`π`'); nu = evalin(symengine, '`η`'); rs=(kB*T)/(4*Pi*nu*D0); rs = (T*kB)/(4*D0*`η`...
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How to pcolor and convert a matrix 4D to 2D?
slice() is the easiest way, but you can just index and squeeze() and pcolor if the depth is one of the levels exactly matching a...
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how convert pixel to mm for a mat file using Matlab?
Pixels have no inherent size. 11x11 matrix of pixels could be representing picometers or gigaparsecs. You need some kind of refe...
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vec2ind problem?
The behavior for that case is undefined, so it is permitted to return anything it wants.
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