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.