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4 <a name="top_of_page"></a>
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5 <p>This table summarizes what's new in Version 2.0:</p>
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6 <table cellspacing="0" class="body" cellpadding="4" border="2" width="100%">
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13 <thead>
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15 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2" valign="top"><p>New Features and Changes</p></th>
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16 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2" valign="top"><p>Version Compatibility Considerations</p></th>
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17 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2" valign="top"><p>Fixed Bugs and Known Problems</p></th>
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18 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2" valign="top"><p>Related Documentation at Web Site</p></th>
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23 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"><p>Yes<br>Details below</p></td>
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24 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"><p>No</p></td>
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25 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"><p><a href="https://ed.fbk.eu/ltpda/mantis/login_page.php" target="_top">Bug Reports</a> at Web site</p></td>
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26 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"><p>Printable Release Notes: <a href="http://www.lisa.aei-hannover.de/ltpda/downloads/version_2_0/files/change_log_v2.0.pdf" target="_top">PDF</a></p></td>
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29 </table>
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30 <p></p>
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31 <ul>
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32 <li><p><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></p></li>
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33 <li><p><a href="#newFeatures">New toolbox features and changes</a></p></li>
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34 </ul>
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36 <!-- HEADLINE: Introduction -->
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38 <h3 class="title" id="introduction">Introduction</h3>
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39 <p>There has been a significant amount of work done since V1.9.3.</p>
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43 <h3 class="title" id="newFeatures">New toolbox features and changes</h3>
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44 <p>The highlights are:</p>
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45 <ul>
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46 <li><p>A new Graphical Programming interface for the construction of
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47 signal processing pipelines (LTPDAworkbench)</p></li>
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48 <li><p>New data whitening methods are included, <b>ao/whiten1D</b> and
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49 <b>ao/whiten2D</b>.</p></li>
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50 <li>
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51 <p>Most methods of the AO class should now support multiple outputs,
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52 in addition to the vector output. For example, the following are supported:</p>
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53 <ul>
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54 <li><p><b>a = lpsd(b1,b2,b3)</b></p></li>
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55 <li><p><b>[a1,a2,a3] = lpsd(b1,b2,b3)</b></p></li>
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56 </ul>
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57 </li>
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58 <li>
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59 <p>Model fitting tools:</p>
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60 <ul>
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61 <li><p><b>curvefit</b> for doing non-linear least-squares,
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62 now including weights</p></li>
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63 <li><p><b>lscov</b> for doing linear least-squares fitting</p></li>
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64 <li><p><b>straightLineFit</b> is a wrapper of <b>lscov</b> for
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65 fitting data with a straight-line</p></li>
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66 </ul>
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67 </li>
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68 <li><p>Operators, +-.*./*/, all conform to more standard MATLAB type
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69 behaviour. For example, adding a single AO to a vector of AOs results
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70 in a vector of AOs where the single AO is added to each element of the vector.</p></li>
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71 <li><p>Digital filtering with IIR filters now has two possible ways of
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72 applying a bank of filters. By specifying the &lsquo;<b>bank</b>&rsquo;
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73 parameter, the filters will be applied as a &lsquo;<b>serial</b>&rsquo;
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74 bank or a &lsquo;<b>parallel</b>&rsquo; bank.</p></li>
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75 <li><p>Two new noise-generators are included, <b>noisegen1D</b> and
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76 <b>noisegen2D</b> (which can produce correlated data streams).</p></li>
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77 <li><p>AOs can now be built from a set of built-in models. Users can also
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78 write their own models and point LTPDA to a directory (or more than one)
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79 containing those model files.</p></li>
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80 <li><p>The user preferences of LTPDA are now controlled via a graphical
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81 user interface. To adjust the user preferences, run <b>LTPDAprefs</b>.</p></li>
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82 <li><p>Two new transfer function representations are present as user classes
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83 of this version of the toolbox. The class <b>parfrac</b> allows the
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84 user to build transfer function models that are a series of partial
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85 fractions; the class <b>rational</b> allows the user to build a
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86 transfer function as a rational polynomial in s. Some converters also
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87 exist to go between these and the existing transfer function models,
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88 <b>pzmodel</b> (pole/zero models), <b>miir</b> (IIR filters) and
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89 <b>ssm</b> (state-space models).</p></li>
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90 <li><p>A new method, <b>ao/heterodyne</b>, to heterodyne data at a given
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91 frequency.</p></li>
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92 <li><p>All transfer function representations and digital filters now can
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93 be assigned input and output units. This means that units are now
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94 propagated through fully through any analysis.</p></li>
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95 <li><p>A new <b>rebuild</b> method to rebuild objects from their
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96 self-contained history trees.</p></li>
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97 <li>
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98 <p>New graphical user interfaces</p>
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99 <ul>
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100 <li><p>modelViewer - a viewer for the built-in ao and ssm models</p></li>
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101 <li><p>constructor - a helper for writing object constructors (rewritten)</p></li>
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102 </ul>
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103 </li>
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104 <li><p>New convenient AO methods to apply gain and to add an offset to
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106 data (<b>scale, offset</b>).</p></li>
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107 <li><p>Transfer function estimators now return error terms in the
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108 <b>procinfo</b> field of the result <b>ao</b>.</p></li>
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109 <li><p>Units are not automatically simplified. Instead the user can now
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110 do that on demand with the <b>simplifyYunits</b> method. There are
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111 also methods to convert between Hz and s: <b>HzToS</b> and <b>sToHz</b>.</p></li>
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112 <li><p>Digital IIR filters are now initialised to a state based on the
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113 input data. This should reduce start-up transients.</p></li>
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114 <li><p>Data in AOs can be converted from one type to another using the
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115 new <b>ao/convert</b> method.</p></li>
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116 <li><p>Pole/zero models (<b>pzmodel</b>) now support a delay parameter.</p></li>
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