{"id":3221,"date":"2012-02-17T09:16:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T14:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2016-06-09T11:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:00:33","slug":"looking-back-2011-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2012\/02\/17\/looking-back-2011-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: 2011 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having recently wrapped up another great year for the File Exchange (a year in which we saw the number of submissions grow more than 18 percent--\r\n from 12216 to 14455), and another great year of expanding readership for the Pick-of-the-Week blog, it's time once again for a retrospective.\r\n Today's blog post provides an index of all of the File Exchange Picks of the Week for 2011.\r\n <\/p>\r\n

As with past retrospectives, I have skipped any Picks that refer to files that have been removed from the File Exchange, or\r\n to tutorial videos, or contest announcements, items not useful in an index of this nature.\r\n <\/p>\r\n

You can read the original blog posts for each of these picks by clicking on the names of the files and following the links\r\n to the \"Pick of the Week\" tag. As always, your comments<\/a> are welcome.\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\nCreate From Blocks<\/a>\r\n

Giacomo Faggiani<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Create 'From' blocks with same appearance and properties of 'Goto' blocks selected in the model<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nGood MATLAB Coding Practices<\/a>\r\n

(Muliple Authors) <\/p>\r\n

Guidelines for writing better MATLAB code<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nNRGSymphonieRead<\/a>\r\n

Todd Schultz<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Import NRG Systems Symphonie data logger text files<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nCascade<\/a>\r\n

Isaac Noh<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Cascades existing figure windows<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSimEvents: Process Logistics Library<\/a>\r\n

Rick Rosson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Add-on library for SimEvents\u00ae that provides useful blocks for modeling process logistics<\/p>\r\n

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\r\ncolumnlegend<\/a>\r\n

Simon Henin<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Creates a legend with a specified number of columns<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nmenubar<\/a>\r\n

Dirk-Jan Kroon<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Create menu bar(s) at any location in a figure window<\/p>\r\n

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MS_Regress - A Package for Markov Regime Switching Models<\/p>\r\n

Marcelo Perlin<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Functions to estimate, simulate and forecast Markov regime switching models in MATLAB<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nTheme from Super Mario Brothers Song<\/a>\r\n

James Humes<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Plays the Super Mario Brothers theme song<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nHandleGraphicsSetGet class<\/a>\r\n

Andrew Newell<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

An extension of the handle graphics set\/get class HGSETGET<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nGetFullPath<\/a>\r\n

Jan Simon<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Full path name for partial or relative path<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSimlog<\/a>\r\n

Robin Larsson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

GUI to enable easy logging of multiple signals in Simulink. Log a complete subsystem with one click<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAnalog \/ Mixed Signal Examples<\/a>\r\n

Dick Benson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Extensive collection of examples for analog and mixed signal design work<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nObliqueView<\/a>\r\n

John Barber<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

View an axes using an oblique projection<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAdd Simulink Blocks from a given Model File with context menu<\/a>\r\n

Paul<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Customizes Simulink context menu with all blocks from a model file custom_context_menu_blocks.mdl<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nInteractive Data Navigation Pane Widget<\/a>\r\n

Thomas Montagnon<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Widget to interactively & graphically select a section of a large dataset you want to work on<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMinor Time Step Logging<\/a>\r\n

Guy Rouleau<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Demonstration showing how to log data computed by the Simulink\u00ae solver at minor time steps<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nlegendflex: A more flexible legend<\/a>\r\n

Kelly Kearney<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Create a legend with more flexible positioning and labeling capabilities<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nVideo Sudoku Solver<\/a>\r\n

Teja Muppirala<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Solves a sudoku with a web camera and then displays it while tracking the original video feed<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nCreating Hatched Patches<\/a>\r\n

(Multiple Authors) <\/p>\r\n

Multiple files show how to hatch patches and legends<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMatlab 3D figure to 3D (X)HTML<\/a>\r\n

Dirk-Jan Kroon<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Converts 3D objects of a Matlab figure to XHTML embedded X3D file. Interactive 3D website graphics<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nPack & Unpack variables to & from structures with enhanced functionality<\/a>\r\n

Adi Navve<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

v2struct packs and unpacks variables to and from structures with enhanced functionality<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAutoSizeOnConnect<\/a>\r\n

Mike Anthony<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Automatically resizes the number of ports on a Simulink block for automatic connection<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMorphTool<\/a>\r\n

Brett Shoelson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

An interactive environment for morphologically operating on images<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSmart PowerPoint Exporter<\/a>\r\n

Dmitriy Aronov<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Exports Matlab figures to PowerPoint, fixing formatting directly in PowerPoint to allow easy editing<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nPilot Directed Continuous Synchronization of OFDM<\/a>\r\n

Dick Benson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Model of a generic OFDM system with closed loop control of carrier and timing recovery<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nFast and Robust Curve Intersections<\/a>\r\n

Douglas Schwarz<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Computes intersection points of two curves<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n BallBeam<\/a>\r\n

Jeffrey Kantor<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Demonstrates Proportional-Derivative (PD) control using a ball and beam simulation<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n cmtdtool<\/a>\r\n

Yasumitsu Ito<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

cmtdtool can reduce and automate manual operations required to perform model-based testing<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n fdep: a pedestrian function dependencies finder<\/a>\r\n

us<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

FDEP dissects MATLAB files and iteratively looks for all user defined functions used during runtime<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n notBoxPlot - alternative to box plots<\/a>\r\n

Rob Campbell<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Visualizes raw (grouped) data along with the mean, 95% confidence interval, and 1 SD<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Traveling Salesman Problem - Genetic Algorithm<\/a>\r\n

Joseph Kirk<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Finds a near-optimal solution to a TSP using a GA<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Ellipse<\/a>\r\n

David Long<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Adds ellipses to the current plot<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Chebfun<\/a>\r\n

Chebfun Team <\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Numerical computation with functions instead of numbers<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Batman Equation: The Legend<\/a>\r\n

Mingjing Zhang<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Plot the Batman logo with the legendary \"batman equation\"<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n 3D Polar Plot<\/a>\r\n

Ken Garrard<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Plots 3d polar data with polar axis and polar grid<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Adjust error bar width<\/a>\r\n

Arnaud Laurent<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Adjust error bars width in an errorbar plot to a ratio of the x-axis or a length (x-axis units)<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Scrollsubplot<\/a>\r\n

Bjorn Gustavsson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Extends subplot to infinite canvas<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Moody Diagram<\/a>\r\n

Tom Davis<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Generates Moody Diagram<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Vivid Colormap<\/a>\r\n

Joseph Kirk<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Creates a personalized, vivid colormap<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Simulink for Natural Interaction Device (NID)<\/a>\r\n

Takashi Chikamasa<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

A set of Simulink blocks interfaced with OpenNI and Microsoft Kinect SDK<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n CPU Info<\/a>\r\n

Ben Tordoff<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Read various bits of information about the CPU and operating system<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n addcopyright<\/a>\r\n

Mirko Hrovat<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Add copyright information to an m-file or group of m-files<\/p>\r\n

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