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Engineering and Scientific Computing with Scilab

By: Claude Gomez (Editor), Serge Steer (Editor), Ramine Nikoukhah (Editor)

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Overview Scilab is a scientific software package that provides a powerful open com puting environment for engineering and scientific applications. Distributed freely via the Internet since 1994, Scilab is currently being used in educa tional and industrial environments around the world. This book contains all the information needed to master Scilab: how to use it interactively as a super calculator, how to write programs, how to de velop complex applications, and more. The authors, Carey Bunks (BBN1), Jean-Philippe Chancelier (ENPC2), Fran~ois Delebecque, Claude Gomez, 3 Maurice Goursat, Ramine Nikoukhah, and Serge Steer (INRlA ), have not only been involved in the development of Scilab, but have used it for teach ing and industrial applications for many years. A CD-ROM, containing the entire Scilab soUrce code as well as a set of precompiled binary executables for a variety of computing platforms, is included with this book. The objective here is to give a thorough description of Scilab's use, in cluding how to master its environment and programming language, the use of the integrated graphics, the incorporation of user-provided func tions, and a tour of the numerous application toolboxes. The purpose is to provide students and professionals with an introduction to Scilab and its use in engineering and scientific problem solving. The numerous practical examples serve as a framework that can be used as a basis for developing other applications.

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"Highly recommended for students and professionals dealing with engineering and scientific computation--and seeking a powerful software alternative." --Simulation News Europe

"For those who are unfamiliar with Scilab, here is a chance to get an introduction to this freeware package from a group that has been using Scilab in the classroom and the industry.... The book provides an overview of Scilab and consists of three major sections: an introduction to the software, a discussion of the major toolboxes, and a section on applications.... [Part II] provides a good summary of the types of computation Scilab is capable of performing, as well as a brief overview of many commands.... As an introduction to Scilab, this book is an excellent guide." --IEEE Control Systems Magazine

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Preface	p. xiii
List of Figures	p. xix
List of Tables	p. xxv
The Scilab Package	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
What Is Scilab?	p. 3
Getting Started	p. 7
The Scilab Language	p. 17
Constants	p. 17
Real Numbers	p. 17
Complex Numbers	p. 18
Character Strings	p. 18
Special Constants	p. 18
Data Types	p. 19
Matrices of Numbers	p. 19
Sparse Matrices of Numbers	p. 19
Matrices of Polynomials	p. 20
Boolean Matrices	p. 20
Sparse Boolean Matrices	p. 20
String Matrices	p. 20
Lists	p. 21
Typed Lists	p. 21
Functions of Rational Matrices	p. 22
Functions and Libraries	p. 22
Scilab Syntax	p. 23
Variables	p. 23
Assignments	p. 24
Expressions	p. 24
The list and tlist Operations	p. 29
Flow Control	p. 32
Functions and Scripts	p. 36
Commands	p. 42
Data-Type-Related Functions	p. 44
Type Conversion Functions	p. 44
Type Enquiry Functions	p. 47
Overloading	p. 47
Operator Overloading	p. 49
Primitive Functions	p. 52
How to Customize the Display of Variables	p. 53
Graphics	p. 55
The Media	p. 55
The Graphics Window	p. 56
The Driver	p. 58
Global Handling Commands	p. 58
Global Plot Parameters	p. 60
Graphical Context	p. 61
Indirect Manipulation of the Graphics Context	p. 63
2-D Plotting	p. 64
Basic Syntax for 2-D Plots	p. 64
Specialized 2-D Plotting Functions	p. 70
Captions and Presentation	p. 73
Plotting Geometric Figures	p. 75
Some Graphics Functions for Automatic Control	p. 78
Interactive Graphics Utilities	p. 79
3-D Plotting	p. 79
3-D Plotting	p. 81
Specialized 3-D Plots and Tools	p. 83
Mixing 2-D and 3-D Graphics	p. 83
Examples	p. 85
Subwindows	p. 85
A Set of Figures	p. 86
Printing Graphics and Exporting to Latex	p. 86
Window to Printer	p. 88
Creating a Postscript File	p. 88
Including a Postscript File in Latex	p. 89
Scilab, Xfig, and Postscript	p. 92
Creating Encapsulated Postscript Files	p. 92
A Tour of Some Basic Functions	p. 95
Linear Algebra	p. 95
QR Factorization	p. 96
Singular Value Decomposition	p. 98
Schur Form and Eigenvalues	p. 99
Block Diagonalization and Eigenvectors	p. 100
Fine Structure	p. 102
Subspaces	p. 104
Polynomial and Rational Function Manipulation	p. 106
General Purpose Functions	p. 106
Matrix Pencils	p. 109
Sparse Matrices	p. 111
Random Numbers	p. 114
Cumulative Distribution Functions and Their Inverses	p. 117
Advanced Programming	p. 119
Functions and Primitives	p. 119
The Call Function	p. 121
Building Interface Programs	p. 124
Accessing "Global" Variables Within a Wrapper	p. 129
Stack Handling Functions	p. 129
Functional Arguments	p. 132
Intersci	p. 135
A First Intersci Example	p. 135
Intersci Descriptor File Syntax	p. 136
Dynamic Linking	p. 145
Static Linking	p. 147
Static Linking of an Interface	p. 147
Functional Argument: Static Linking	p. 148
Tools	p. 149
Systems and Control Toolbox	p. 151
Linear Systems	p. 151
State-Space Representation	p. 151
Transfer-Matrix Representation	p. 153
System Definition	p. 154
Interconnected Systems	p. 155
Linear Fractional Transformation (LFT)	p. 159
Time Discretization	p. 159
Improper Systems	p. 162
Scilab Representation	p. 163
Scilab Implementation	p. 164
System Operations	p. 166
Pole-Zero Calculations	p. 167
Controllability and Pole Placement	p. 168
Observability and Observers	p. 170
Control Tools	p. 172
Classical Control	p. 179
Frequency Response Plots	p. 183
State-Space Control	p. 186
Augmenting the Plant	p. 188
Standard Problem	p. 190
LQG Design	p. 191
Scilab Tools for Controller Design	p. 194
H[infinity] Control	p. 197
Model Reduction	p. 199
Identification	p. 203
Linear Matrix Inequalities	p. 207
Signal Processing	p. 209
Time and Frequency Representation of Signals	p. 209
Resampling Signals	p. 210
The DFT and the FFT	p. 210
Transfer Function Representation of Signals	p. 212
State-Space Representation	p. 216
Changing System Representation	p. 217
Frequency-Response Evaluation	p. 218
The Chirp z-Transform	p. 222
Filtering and Filter Design	p. 224
Filtering	p. 224
Finite Impulse Response Filter Design	p. 226
Infinite Impulse Response Filter Design	p. 234
Spectral Estimation	p. 238
The Modified Periodogram Method	p. 241
The Correlation Method	p. 243
Simulation and Optimization Tools	p. 247
Models	p. 247
Integrating ODEs	p. 248
Calling ode	p. 250
Choosing Between Methods	p. 261
ODE Integration with Stopping Times	p. 261
Sampled Systems	p. 263
Integrating DAEs	p. 265
Implicit Linear ODEs	p. 265
General DAEs	p. 267
DAEs with Stopping Time	p. 279
Solving Optimization Problems	p. 280
Quadratic Optimization	p. 281
General Optimization	p. 284
Solving Systems of Equations	p. 291
SCICOS--A Dynamical System Builder and Simulator	p. 293
Hybrid System Formalism	p. 293
Getting Started	p. 295
Constructing Simple Model	p. 295
Model Simulation	p. 299
Symbolic Parameters and "Context"	p. 301
Use of Super Block	p. 303
Simulation Outside the Scicos Environment	p. 305
Basic Concepts	p. 307
Basic Blocks	p. 307
Inheritance and Time Dependence	p. 311
Synchronization	p. 312
Block Construction	p. 313
Super Block	p. 314
Scifunc Block	p. 314
Generic Block	p. 315
Fortran Block and c Blocks	p. 315
Interfacing Function	p. 315
Computational Function	p. 323
Example	p. 331
Palettes	p. 332
Existing Palettes	p. 332
Constructing New Palettes	p. 336
Symbolic/Numeric Environment	p. 339
Introduction	p. 339
Generating Optimized Fortran Code with Maple	p. 342
Maple to Scilab Interface	p. 349
First Example: Simulation of a Rolling Wheel	p. 354
Second Example: Control of an n-Link Pendulum	p. 358
Simulation of the n-Link Pendulum	p. 360
Control of the n-Link Pendulum	p. 363
Graph and Network Toolbox: Metanet	p. 367
What Is a Graph?	p. 368
Representation of Graphs	p. 369
Standard Tail/Head Representation	p. 369
Other Representations	p. 371
Graphs and Sparse Matrices	p. 378
Creating and Loading Graphs	p. 378
Creating Graphs	p. 378
Loading and Saving Graphs	p. 380
Using the Metanet Window	p. 380
Generating Graphs and Networks	p. 385
Graph and Network Computations	p. 387
Getting Information About Graphs	p. 387
Paths and Nodes	p. 388
Modifying Graphs	p. 388
Creating New Graphs From Old Ones	p. 389
Graph problem Solving	p. 389
Network Flows	p. 390
The Pipe Network Problem	p. 397
Other Computations	p. 398
Examples Using Metanet	p. 398
Routing in the Paris Metro	p. 399
Praxitele Transportation System	p. 400
Applications	p. 411
Modal Identification of a Mechanical Structure	p. 413
Modeling the System	p. 413
Modeling the Excitation	p. 415
Decomposition of the Unknown Input	p. 415
Contribution of the Colored Noise	p. 416
Contribution of the Harmonics	p. 418
The Final Discrete-State Model	p. 420
State-Space Representation and an ARMA Model	p. 421
Modal Identification	p. 423
Instrumental Variable Method	p. 423
Balanced Realization Method	p. 429
Numerical Experiments	p. 431
Basic Computations	p. 431
Some Plots of Results	p. 434
Control of Hydraulic Equipment in a River Valley	p. 441
Introduction	p. 441
Description of a Managed River Valley	p. 442
Hydraulic Equipment in a River Valley	p. 442
Power Production	p. 442
Structural Analysis	p. 442
Controller Structure	p. 444
Central Hydraulic Supervision Station	p. 444
Local Controllers	p. 446
Race Modeling	p. 447
Physical Description	p. 447
Mathematical Model	p. 448
Race Numerical Simulation	p. 449
Choice of Observation	p. 452
Volume Observer	p. 454
Level Observe	p. 455
Control of a Race	p. 457
Race Dynamics Identification	p. 457
Local Control Synthesis	p. 460
Series Anticipations Design	p. 461
Parallel Anticipation Design	p. 463
Feedback Controller Design	p. 465
Metalido Overview	p. 466
Graphical User Interface	p. 466
Scicos	p. 467
Data Structures	p. 477
Bibliography	p. 481
Index	p. 487
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