| Spline Toolbox | |
This chapter contains detailed descriptions of the main commands in the Spline Toolbox. It begins with a listing of entries grouped by subject area and continues with the reference entries in alphabetical order. Not all the entries in the initial listing actually have a reference page. Those that do not appear in parentheses in the initial listing.
Information is also available through the online help facility, help splines.
For ease of use, most functions have default arguments. In the reference entry under Syntax, we first list the function with all necessary input arguments and then with all possible input arguments. The functions can be used with any number of arguments between these extremes, the rule being that if you want to specify an optional argument, you must also specify all other optional arguments (if any) to the left of it in the argument list. The rest are given default values, as specified in the manual.
As always in MATLAB, only the output arguments explicitly specified are returned to the user.
Functions - By Category
The Spline Toolbox provides several categories of commands.
| GUIs |
Graphical interfaces that enable you to experiment with splines |
| Construction of Splines |
Create splines that satisfy conditions you specify |
| Operators |
Evaluate, plot, differentiate, integrate, find the zeros or the extrema of, or otherwise make use of, splines |
| Work with Breaks, Knots, and Sites |
Generate or modify breaks, knots, sites, or locate sites within a break or knot sequence |
| Customized Linear Equation Solver |
Linear equation solver customized for spline work |
| Information About Splines and the Toolbox |
Information about splines and the toolbox |
| Demonstrations |
Examples of spline creation and use |
| Utilities |
Something for experts |
| | Comparison and Extension | GUIs | |