MATH 5593 Linear Programming
Instructions to Set Up MATLAB

Most of the assignments for this course will be carried out with the aid of MATLAB, an interactive package for high performance scientific computing. I have set up a directory on my account that contains all of the MATLAB function and data files you will need for this class. You can set up MATLAB on the math department servers to look in this directory by doing the following: At the unix prompt, immediately after you login, carry out the following:

> mkdir matlab
> cp /home/faculty/billups/classes/5593/matlab/startup.m matlab

All the function files that are created by the instructor as well as the homework data files in the public directory:

/home/faculty/billups/classes/5593/matlab

are now available to you for use in MATLAB. For example the function file ljx.m performs a labeled Jordan exchange within MATLAB and its use is described in the text.

If you choose to do your homework on another computer, you can download the files you need from the course web page.
For all homework assignments you should hand in your results produced as follows:

> matlab
>> diary hwk1.lst
>> load hwk1
>> .....whatever homework 1 requires
>> diary off
>> exit
> lpr hwk1.lst

Last updated: August 11, 2008