Octave Tips, Links, Tutes, Libraries

Collected Tips and Links for GNU Octave


Tips and Links:
Change default prompt and clear on startup:
Edit "C:\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\site\m\startup\octaverc" and add:
PS1(">> ")
clc
See also:
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Customizing-the-Prompt.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Startup-Files.html

Debugging:
The keyboard function returns control to the user
See also:
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Debugging.html

Useful Commands:
whos - Variables in the current scope with sizes and bytes


Tutorials:
YAGTOM: Yet Another Guide TO Matlab


Libraries:
PMTK supports a large variety of probabilistic models, including linear and logistic regression models (optionally with kernels), SVMs and gaussian processes, directed and undirected graphical models, various kinds of latent variable models (mixtures, PCA, HMMs), etc.  Associated textbook.

New online Stanford courses for 2012

Wow, new free online Stanford courses for Jan 2012!  Really enjoying the ML and AI classes offered in 2011 and have heard the DB class is good too.

EDIT: wow they keep coming for 2012...will keep updating...

EDIT 2: even better see: www.class-central.com
and www.online-education.za.org/all_available

Computer Science:
http://www.nlp-class.org  Natural Language Processing (23 Jan 2012)
http://www.pgm-class.org  Probabilistic Graphical Models (Jan 2012)
http://www.game-theory-class.org/  Game Theory (late Feb 2012)
http://www.hci-class.org/  Human-Computer Interfaces (Jan 2012)
http://www.saas-class.org/  Software Engineering for Software as a Service
http://www.cs101-class.org/  Computer Science 101
http://jan2012.ml-class.org/  Machine learning
http://www.algo-class.org/  Design and Analysis of Algorithms I (23 Jan 2012)
http://www.crypto-class.org/  Cryptography

Entrepreneurship:
http://www.launchpad-class.org/  The Lean Launchpad
http://www.venture-class.org/  Technology Entrepreneurship

Electrical Engineering
http://www.infotheory-class.org/ Information Theory  (Mar 2012)

Complex Systems
http://www.modelthinker-class.org/  Model Thinking  (23 Jan 2012)


Civil Engineering
http://www.greenbuilding-class.org/  Making Green Buildings

Medicine
http://www.anatomy-class.org/  Anatomy