###### utils\Readme.txt README for Alex Petrov's Matlab UTILS ver 1.1.1, released 2008-02-22. This archive contains MATLAB software supporting the day-to-day work of a cognitive modeler with an interest in psychophysics and statistics. The particular subfolders, or "toolboxes" included in this release are: * ANOVA Toolbox Ver 1.0 20-Dec-2002 * ACT-R Base-Level Activation Toolbox Ver 2.0 12-Feb-2006 * General Utilities Toolbox Ver 1.3 06-Jun-2006 * Image-Processing Utilities Toolbox Ver 1.4 06-Dec-2007 * Nominal Statistics Toolbox Ver 1.2 21-Oct-2005 * Parameter Search Toolbox Ver 1.2 16-Aug-2007 * PolarGraph Utilities Toolbox Ver 1.0 02-Dec-2004 * Regression Utilities Toolbox Ver 1.0 21-Oct-2005 * Subject-Database Toolbox Ver 1.1 11-Mar-2005 Most of these contain a few one-line functions, but they can enhance one's productivity considerably. There are also some non-trivial algorithms, such as locally weighted regression. Each toolbox has its own Contents file -- go there for details. All functions are simple .m files that should work on any version of Matlab under any operating system. Some utilities depend on the Matlab's Statistics, Image, and Optimization Toolboxes. The MovieStruct functions in the image-processing toolbox above are designed to work with the RUSH utility in PsychToolbox (http://psychtoolbox.org/). To install, simply unzip the archive in a directory of your choice and execute the INSTALL_UTILS script to add the subdirectories to Matlab's path. The software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License (reproduced in utils_license.m) and the Free Software Foundation website (http://www.fsf.org) for more details. The software is freely available and freely redistributable, according to the conditions of the GNU General Public License. You may not distribute the software, in whole or in part, in conjunction with proprietary code. That means you ONLY have my permission to distribute a program that uses my code IF you also make freely available (under the terms of the GNU GPL) the source code for your whole project. You may not pass on the software to another party in its current form or any altered, embellished or reduced form, without acknowledging the author and including a copy of the GNU GPL. Please notify the author of any bugs, notes, comments or suggested changes, particularly of any useful changes you may have made to your own copy of the software. Thank you for your interest in this software. I hope you find it useful. Alex Petrov, February 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander A. Petrov: apetrov [at] cogmod [dot] osu [dot] edu Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 http://alexpetrov.com It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. -------------------------------------------------------------