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Here you can find relevant information on how to implement Pattern Recognition projects using Scilab.

Brief Introduction to Scilab

Scilab [1] is a open-source Matlab-like tool developed at INRIA. It can be downloaded for several platforms from the link:

http://www.scilab.org/download/

Tutorials describing how to use Scilab can be found here:

• The official documentation[2]

• A hands-on tutorial [3]

• `ANU Scilab Tutorial [4]

• `Une introduction a Scilab [5] , if you want to have some fun reading a Scilab tutorial in French.

Homework #1 related functionality

Random Number Generator: grand is the function used to generate random numbers. In order to generate a multivariate normally distributed sequence of *n* vectors with mean *mu* and covariance *cov*, grand should be called as:

numbers = grand(n, 'mn',mu, cov);

Function declaration: example that computes the multivariate normal probability density:

// function to compute the multivariate normal distribution //note that it asks for the sigma inverse, as well as the Sigma's determinant function [g] = MultivariateNormalDensity(x,mu, sigma_inv, sigma_det) d=length(x); r2 = (x-mu)'*sigma_inv*(x-mu); factor = 1/sqrt(((2*%pi)^d)*sigma_det); g = factor * exp (-(1/2)*r2); endfunction

The file with the code above can be downloaded from the link below:

Homework #1 related functionality

• Random Number Generator: grand is the function used to generate random numbers. In order to generate a multivariate normally distributed sequence of *n* vectors with mean *mu* and covariance *cov*, grand should be called as:

numbers = grand(n, 'mn',mu, cov);

Function declaration: example that computes the multivariate normal probability density:

// function to compute the multivariate normal distribution //note that it asks for the sigma inverse, as well as the Sigma's determinant function [g] = MultivariateNormalDensity(x,mu, sigma_inv, sigma_det) d=length(x); r2 = (x-mu)'*sigma_inv*(x-mu); factor = 1/sqrt(((2*%pi)^d)*sigma_det); g = factor * exp (-(1/2)*r2); endfunction

The file with the code above can be downloaded from the link below:

!`MultivariateNormalDensity.sci`__

__ MultivariateNormalDensity.sci

Homework #1 related functionality

• Random Number Generator: grand is the function used to generate random numbers. In order to generate a multivariate normally distributed sequence of *n* vectors with mean *mu* and covariance *cov*, grand should be called as:

numbers = grand(n, 'mn',mu, cov);

• Function declaration: example that computes the multivariate normal probability density:

// function to compute the multivariate normal distribution //note that it asks for the sigma inverse, as well as the Sigma's determinant function [g] = MultivariateNormalDensity(x,mu, sigma_inv, sigma_det) d=length(x); r2 = (x-mu)'*sigma_inv*(x-mu); factor = 1/sqrt(((2*%pi)^d)*sigma_det); g = factor * exp (-(1/2)*r2); endfunction

The file with the code above can be downloaded from the link below:

!`MultivariateNormalDensity.sci`__

__ MultivariateNormalDensity.sci

Tool Boxes

There are several *tool boxes* of functions written by people all over the world adding extra functionality to Scilab. Here are some useful links:

• `Toolboxes for Scilab and Their Manuals <http://www.scilab.org/contrib/index_contrib.php?page=download&category=MANUALS>`_

• `Scilab Toolbox especialized on Pattern Recognition -- Presto-Box <http://www.scilab.org/contrib/index_contrib.php?page=displayContribution&fileID=194>`_

• `Manual for Presto-Box -- Scilab <http://lmb.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/lmbsoft/presto-box/presto-box-docu.pdf>`_

• `ANN - Neural Networks Tool Box <http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/Mandrake/10.2/src/Sciences/Mathematics/scilab-toolbox-ANN-0.4.2-4mdk.src.rpm.27699.html>`_

• `SCIsvm <http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~fehr/scisvm.html>`_ , a plugin for the libsvm C++ library.

Scilab Code

All the relevant code for the EE662 course written in Scilab is posted below:

!`MultivariateNormalDensity.sci`__ - Implementation of a function to compute the multivariate normal density

__ MultivariateNormalDensity.sci