Writing Fast MATLAB Code

Speed up your project with this collection of techniques.
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Updated 10 Feb 2009

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Learn how to use the Profiler tool, vectorized functions, and other tricks to writing efficient MATLAB code. This article includes how to convert any array into a column vector, bounding a value without if statements, and repeating/tiling a vector without repmat.

Contents:
* Introduction
* The Profiler
* Array Preallocation
* JIT Acceleration
* Vectorization
* Inlining Simple Functions
* Referencing Operations
* Solving Ax=b
* Numerical Integration
* Signal Processing
* Miscellaneous Tricks
* Further Reading

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Pascal Getreuer (2024). Writing Fast MATLAB Code (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/5685-writing-fast-matlab-code), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0.0

Updated for R2008b, new introduction and added Ax=b section

1.0.0.0

Updates for MATLAB 7, including a new section on JIT