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All file sizes are approximate</font></small></p> <hr width="100%"> <p><small><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Some files are designated as<font color="#ff0000"> </font><font color="#448A8C">Restricted Usage!</font></font> You can download them for free and read them on your computer. However, you are not allowed to print them unless you own a current license of the Polynomial Toolbox 2. Copying and distribution of the documentation in both electronic and printed form is is expressly prohibited.</small> </small></p> <hr> <a name="contents"> <h3><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Contents</font></small></h3> <ul> <li></a><a href="#item1"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Manual - Polynomial Toolbox Documentation Pt.I</font></small></a> </li> <li><a href="#item2"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Commands - Polynomial Toolbox Documentation Pt. II</font></small></a> </li> <li><a href="#item3"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">On-line Version of Manual</font></small></a> </li> <li><a href="#item4"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">On-line Version of Commands</font></small></a> </li> <li><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><a href="#item5">List of Commands</a> </font></small></li> <li><a href="#handout"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Info Sheet</font></small></a></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><a href="#patches">Patches (September20, 2000)</a>  <font color="#FF0000">NEW!</font></font></small></li> <li><a href="#newmacros"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>New Macros (August 2000)</small></font></a></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><a href="#users">Users' Contributions</a>  </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF" color="#FF0000">NEW!</font></small></li> <li><a href="#demo"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>Control Systems Design Demo</small></font></a></li> </ul> <hr> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><a name="item1"><strong>Manual</strong></a></font></small></p> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Basic description of the Polynomial Toolbox 2 (245 pages).<font color="#448A8C"> </font></font><font color="#52A9AB" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Restricted Usage<small>!</small></font></small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><br> <small>Printed copy is a part of the Polynomial Toolbox delivery, electronic form available on the CD-ROM.</small><br> <small>Additional printed copies can be purchased. </small></font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Formats: <a href="download/manual.exe">.exe</a> (1.490 k), <a href="download/manual.pdf.gz">.pdf.gz</a> (1.460 k).<br> Last updated: June 04, 1999.</font></small></p> </blockquote> <p><a name="item2"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong>Commands</strong></font></small></a></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>Detailed description of the Polynomial Toolbox 2 commands (439 pages).<font color="#ff0000"> </font></small><br> <small>Electronic form available on the CD-ROM. Printed copies can be purchased. </small></font></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Formats: <a href="download/commands.exe">.exe</a> (980 k), <a href="download/commands.pdf.gz">.pdf.gz</a> (962 k).<br> Last updated: June 04, 1999.</font></small></p> </blockquote> <p><a name="item3"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong>On-line Manual</strong></font></small></a></p> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">On-line version of the Manual (373 pages).<font color="#ff0000"> </font></font><font color="#448A8C" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Restricted Usage<small>!</small></font></small></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Formats: <a href="download/OnLineManual.exe">.exe</a> (936 k), <a href="download/OnLineManual.pdf.gz">.pdf.gz</a> (905 k).<br> Last updated: June 04, 1999.</font></small></p> </blockquote> <p><a name="item4"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong>On-line Commands</strong></font></small></a></p> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">On-line version of the reference manual Commands (631 pages). </font><font color="#448A8C" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Restricted Usage<small>!</small></font></small></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Formats: <a href="download/OnLineCommands.exe">.exe</a> (971 k), <a href="download/OnLineManual.pdf.gz">.pdf.gz</a> (929 k).<br> Last updated: June 04, 1999.</font></small></p> </blockquote> <p><a name="item5"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong>List of Commands</strong></font></small></a></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>A simple list of all commands with basic description.</small></font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Format: <a href="download/ListOfCommands.pdf" target="_blank">pdf</a> (38 k).<br> Last updated: August 10, 1999.</font></small></p> </blockquote> <p><a name="handout"><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong>Info Sheet</strong></font></small></a></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>A simple one-page informative sheet.</small></font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Format: <a href="download/handout.pdf" target="_blank">pdf</a> (45 k).<br> Last updated: August 10, 1999.</font></small></p> </blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong><a name="patches">Patches</a> (December 20, 2002)  </strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF" color="#FF0000">NEW!</font></small></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>Updated and revised macros.</small></font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Format: <a href="download/patches_25.exe">exe</a> (245 k).<br> Last updated: December 20, 2000.</font></small></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small><strong>Instructions (PC Win95/98):</strong> Run the </small></font><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">patches_25.exe</font></strong><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"> file, insert the desired path of the Polynomial Toolbox (for instance </font></small><font face="Courier New" size="2">C:/MATLABR11/toolbox/polynomial</font><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">), and click the </font></small><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Unzip</font></strong><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"> button.</font></small></p> <p><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF" size="2">Note: </font></strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>Before running the file, unselect the "Read Only" attribute of the files in your Polynomial Toolbox directory and its subdirectories if you have not done it yet. This can be done manually in the Explorer by applying </small></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><strong>Edit/Select All</strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small> and </small></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><strong>File/Properties</strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small> commands subsequently.</small></font></p> </blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong><a name="newmacros">New Macros</a> (August 2000)  </strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF" color="#FF0000">NEW!</font></small></p> <blockquote> <table border="0"> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>psseig</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">polynomial eigenstructure assignment</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/psseig.m">download</a> (m-file)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>psslqr</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">polynomial LQR problem</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/psslqr.m">download</a> (m-file)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>complete</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">complete to unimodular matrix</font></td> <td><p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/complete.m">download</a> (m-file) | <a href="download/complete.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a> (pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>pol/reshape</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">reshape polynomial matrix </font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/@pol/reshape.m">download</a> (m-file)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>jury</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">jury matrix corresponding to a polynomial</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/jury.m">download</a> (m-file)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>pol2tex</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">LaTeX format of a polynomial matrix</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/pol2tex.m">download</a> (m-file) | <a href="download/pol2tex.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a> (pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>sarea</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">stability test for parametric uncertainty</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/sarea.m">download</a> (m-file) | <a href="download/sarea+sareaplot.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a> (pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>sareaplot</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">plot stability area </font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/sareaplot.m">download</a> (m-file) | <a href="download/sarea+sareaplot.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a> (pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>vset</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">value set of parametric polynomial</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/vset.m">download</a> (m-file) | <a href="download/vset+vsetplot.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a> (pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>vsetplot</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">plot value set for parametric polynomial</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/vsetplot.m">download</a> (m-file) | <a href="download/vset+vsetplot.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a> (pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>sim2lmf</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">SIMULINK to LMF description conversion</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/sim2lmf.m">download</a> (m-file)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>sim2rmf</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">SIMULINK to RMF description conversion</font></td> <td><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/sim2rmf.m">download</a> (m-file)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong><small>All new macros:</small></strong><br> <small>Format: <a href="download/newmacros.zip">zip</a> <br> Last updated: August 1, 2000.</small><br> <small><strong>Instructions:</strong> Unzip the file to your Polynomial Toolbox directory.</small></font></p> </blockquote> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong><a name="users">Users' Contributions</a>  </strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF" color="#FF0000">NEW!</font></small></p> <blockquote> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><small><strong><font face="Verdana" color="#000080">Value set ellipses for a spherical polynomial family </font></strong><font face="Verdana">(Z. Hurak, Centre of Applied Cybernetics, CZ)</small><br> </font><font size="1" face="Arial">Plots the value set of a polynomial family with spherical uncertainty set and independent uncertainty structure for a range of frequencies.<br> Serves as a graphical tool for robust stability testing via Zero Exclusion Condition.<br> Download the m-file into a directory on your MATLAB path (e.g. to ../polynomial). Read attached documentation to learn more.<br> .</font></td> <td valign="top"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/spherplot.m">download</a>(m-file), <a href="download/spherplot.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a>(pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana" color="#000080"><strong>L2 robustness margin for a continuous interval polynomial using Tsypkin-Polyak function</strong></font><font face="Verdana"> (Z. Hurak, Centre of Applied Cybernetics, CZ)</small><br> </font><font size="1" face="Arial">Two m-files implementing computation of the L-2 robustness margin for a continuous ttime  interval polynomial. The Tsypkin-Polyak function is used.<br> Extract the "zip" file into a directory on your MATLAB path (e.g. to ../polynomial). Read attached documentation to learn more.<br> .</font></td> <td valign="top"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/tsyp2.zip">download</a>(zip-file), <a href="download/tsyp2.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a>(pdf)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a href="http://www.math.utwente.nl/~twhuib/Factorization/polynomial_spectral_factorization.html">A Descriptor Algorithm for Spectral Factorization</a> </strong></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">(H. Kwakernaak)</font><br> <font size="1" face="Arial">Polynomial Toolbox implementation of the algorithm described in the paper <font color="#008080"><em>A Descriptor Algorithm for the Spectral Factorization of Polynomial Matrices</em></font> by <font color="#008080">H. Kwakernaak</font>, presented at <a href="http://www.utia.cas.cz/rocond" target="_blank"><font color="#008080">ROCOND 2000</font></a>, June 21-23, 2000, Prague, CZ.<br> .</font></td> <td valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="http://www.math.utwente.nl/~twhuib/H2project/h2project.html"><strong>H2 optimization - Theory and Applications to Robust Control Design</strong></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000"> (H. Kwakernaak)</font><br> <font face="Arial" size="1">Polynomial Toolbox macros for polynomial and descriptor H2 optimization, complete with documentation, derivations and proofs of the algorithms, test examples and the full text of <font color="#008080">Huibert Kwakernaak's plenary paper</font> about H2 optimization at <a href="http://www.utia.cas.cz/rocond" target="_blank"><font color="#008080">ROCOND 2000</font></a>, June 21-23, 2000, Prague, CZ.<br> .</font></td> <td valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><small><strong><font face="Verdana" color="#000080"><em>l</em>-infinity </font><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000080">robustness margin for a continuous interval polynomial using Tsypkin-Polyak function</font></strong> (Z. Hurak, Military Academy Brno, CZ)</font></small><br> <font face="Arial" size="1">Two m-files implementing computation of the robustness margin for a continuous interval polynomial. The Tsypkin-Polyak function is used.<br> Extract the "zip" file into a directory on your MATLAB path (e.g. to ../polynomial). Read attached documentation to learn more.</font></td> <td valign="top"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="download/tsyp.zip">download</a>(zip-file), <a href="download/tsyp.pdf" target="_blank">documentation</a>(pdf)</font></td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <p><strong><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><a name="demo">Control Systems Design Demo</a> </font></small></strong></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small>Simple GUI introducing some control design routines of the Polynomial Toolbox 2.0.</small></font></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF">Format: <a href="download/demo.zip">zip</a> (51 k).<br> Last updated: March 10, 2000.</font></small></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><strong>Instructions:</strong> Unzip the file, add related directory to the MATLAB path and run </font></small><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">ptdemo</font></strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SANS-SERIF"><small> in the MATLAB prompt.</small></font></p> </blockquote> <hr> <h3><a name="fileformats">File Formats</a></h3> <blockquote> <pre><small>.bas Visual Basic source file, in text format .exe self-extracting Windows 95/98 files .exe Windows executable program .pdf.gz compressed PDF files in UNIX format. may be unzipped using the command gunzip *.gz .ps PostScript file .ps.Z compressed PostScript file, for UNIX .tar UNIX archive file .tar.Z compressed UNIX archive file .zip Windows archive file</small></pre> </blockquote> <h5><a href="#top">Back to Top</a></h5>