Matlab

Description and Overview

MATLAB is a high-performance language for technical computing. It integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. MATLAB features a family of add-on application-specific solutions called toolboxes. Toolboxes are comprehensive collections of MATLAB functions (M-files) that extend the MATLAB environment to solve particular classes of problems. These are the toolboxes installed in NERSC MATLAB, along with the number of licenses.

The name MATLAB stands for matrix laboratory. MATLAB was originally written to provide easy access to matrix software developed by the LINPACK and EISPACK projects. Today, MATLAB engines incorporate the LAPACK and BLAS libraries, embedding the state of the art in software for matrix computation.

How to Use Matlab

Matlab is available at NERSC on Carver and Euclid.  Type the following commands to use Matlab:

module load matlab
matlab

For some larger-memory problems you may have to first use the shell command "unlimit" before running Matlab.

The number of Matlab licenses at NERSC is not very large, so users should not be running a Matlab session when it is not being actively used.

Documentation

Extensive on-line documentation is available. You may subscribe to the MATLAB Digest, a monthly e-mail newsletter by sending e-mail to subscribe@mathworks.com.

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