[lug] Autocorrelation functions?

[D. Stimits]

"J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Ed Hill wrote:
> 
> > I use MatLAB routinely for covariances, etc.  Its a good package
> > and has worked well on Linux for many years (am currently running
> > MatLAB R12 on Red Hat 7.2).  In fact, its one of the few closed-
> > source tools that I use frequently.  The downside is the price.
> > For academics, its a min of $500 for the basic package plus about
> > $250+ for each additional "toolbox".  And more for commercial
> > entities.
> 
> Yes, I was looking at that too, but would have to order a copy.  Might be
> worth it since some of the other guys doing simulation and analysis are
> using it.  If nothing else, having Matlab might minimize the fear factor
> of interfacing with me and my "strange Linux world".
> 
> > There are open-source programs (eg: Octave http://www.octave.org/)
> > that are very similar to MatLAB in both syntax and computational
> > capabilities and have some graphing capabilities.  You might want
> > to try them first.
> 
> I just installed Octave, and it does look like it should work.  However,
> it is another language to learn.  I don't suppose I could talk you out of
> a sample Matlab script?
> 
> The other thing I was just checking out is the new Signal Processing
> Toolbox (Signaltools 0.5.3) in Python.  Looks like I'll have to download
> that to see what it really contains.  The biggest advantage with this is
> that I already have some experience writing simple Python programs, and
> can probably get my data in and out without much trouble.

I don't personally know enough of octave to help there, but if you ever
want a dynamic library file with the functions for C++, let me know,
they're easy to write.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

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