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26 <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td>
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49 <p><a href="whatis.html#features">Features of the LTPDA Toolbox</a></p>
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53 <p><a href="whatis.html#background">Expected Background for Users</a></p>
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64 any general purpose signal processing, and is particularly useful for
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67 <p>
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68 The Toolbox implements accountable
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69 and reproducible data analysis within MATLAB<sup>&#174;</sup>.</p>
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71 <p>With the LTPDA Toolbox you operate with LTPDA Objects. An
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72 LTPDA Object captures more than just the data from a particular
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86 <p> Create and process multiple LTPDA Objects. </p>
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98 <p> Powerful and easy to use Signal Processing capabilities.</p>
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109 <p><b>Note</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; LTPDA Repositories are external to
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120 <p>This documentation assumes you have a basic working
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121 understanding of MATLAB. You need to know basic MATLAB syntax
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122 for writing your own m-files.
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134 "Getting Started with the LTPDA Toolbox"></a>&nbsp;</td>
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140 <td align="right">System Requirements</td>
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148 <p class="copy">&copy;LTP Team</p>
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