Re: Looking for instuling OCTAVE

[Ben Abbott]

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On Feb 13, 2012, at 4:30 PM, mahsa oroojeni wrote:

> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> To: mahsa oroojeni <address@hidden> 
> Cc: "address@hidden list" <address@hidden> 
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Looking for instuling OCTAVE
> 
>> On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:37 PM, mahsa oroojeni wrote:
>> 
>> > From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>> > To: mahsa oroojeni <address@hidden> 
>> > Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
>> > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:34 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Looking for instuling OCTAVE
>> > 
>> >> On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:54 AM, mahsa oroojeni wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> > I am trying to install Octave but I couldn't do that. would you please 
>> >> > guide me about instulation website and also steps.
>> >> > Thank you very much.
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Mahsa.
>> >> 
>> >> Before someone can help, we need to know a few details.
>> >> 
>> >> What version of Octave are you trying to install ?
>> >> 
>> >> What OS does your computer run ?
>> >> 
>> >> Ben
>> > 
>> > Good afternoon,
>> > Thank you very much for your email.
>> > I could install Octave but I'm going to use it for optimization problem.. 
>> > I looking for a way to minimize the objective function regarding to some 
>> > constraints.
>> > Would you please give me some guide in this respect.
>> > Appreciate it.
>> > Cheers,
>> > Mahsa.
>> 
>> Octave's manual details the methods of optimization it provides.
>> 
>>     http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Optimization.html
>> 
>> There is an optimization package/toolbox available as well.
>> 
>>     http://octave.sourceforge.net/optim/overview.html
>> 
>> Ben
> 

> Hello.
> I looking for a way to minimize the objective function regarding to some 
> constraints.
> I have istalled Octave 3.2.4. Would you please let me know if I need to 
> install any other package. I'm not familliar with Octave and I need to submit 
> a project bye the end of this week.
> The only thing that I have is a black page that I type commands there.
> How can I copy and paste commend. How canI work more convenient with Octave 
> please.
> Thank you very much.
> Mahsa. 


If you're expecting to use Octave frequently you may want go get a copy of the 
book below.

        
http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-confident-octave-user-packt%E2%80%99s-latest-book

There is a tutorial available in wikibooks as well.

        http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Octave_Programming_Tutorial/Getting_started

With more below.

        http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Octave_Programming_Tutorial

If you know what commands you need to run, you can enter them into a text 
editor and then save them to an m-file. Be sure the name ends with ".m". 
Something line "foo.m" would work.

>From the "black screen", you need to change the present working directory to 
>coincide with where you've saved the m-file. You can determine what your 
>present working directory is by typing "pwd". To change the directory type "cd 
>C:\PATH-TO-YOUR-MFILE". Then if your file is named foo.m you just need to type 
>"foo" and  Octave will run the commands in that file.

If you just need to copy-n-paste commands, then you can select the commands 
with your mouse, type ctrl+c, click on the Octave window and then type ctrl+v.

Ben