Modify one odeset parameter - matlab

I am using ode15s to solve a DAE problem. I give through odeset the Mass Matrix and some more info:
opts=odeset('Mass',M,'MassSingular','yes','MStateDependence','none');
I calculate also Jpattern from a previous run. To feed it to the function, I could write once again
opts=odeset('Mass',M,'MassSingular','yes','MStateDependence','none', 'JPattern',JPat);
Is there a way to modify that single parameter and keep the rest of the structure?
I tried
opts.JPattern = JPat;
But it is not working.

You can probably do something like:
opts = odeset('Mass',M,'MassSingular','yes','MStateDependence','none');
opts = odeset(opts,'JPattern',JPat);
This is using the syntax (see the documentation):
options = odeset(oldopts,'name1',value1,...) alters an existing
options structure oldopts. This sets options equal to the existing
structure oldopts, overwrites any values in oldopts that are
respecified using name/value pairs, and adds any new pairs to the
structure. The modified structure is returned as an output argument.

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Modelica (Dymola) : get a particular value of a timetable?

I have a model using a timeTable which represents a variable evolution. I would like to initialize a subcomponent's parameter with the first value of the table (time = 0 second).
The table's values are read from a .txt file. The idea would be to have a command as follow :
parameter Real InitialValue = timeTable.y[2](for timeTable.y[1] = 0)
Is there a command to do so ?
In some cases another option is to initialize the parameter at the output value of that table-component when starting the simulation:
model Demo
Modelica.Blocks.Sources.TimeTable timeTable(table=[0,1; 2,3]);
parameter Real initialValue(fixed=false);
initial equation
initialValue = timeTable.y;
end Demo;
This works for all variants in the same way, but only for the initial value. It is triggered by having fixed=false for a parameter and then giving an initial equation for it.
The solution depends on the block you are using and how the data is defined. Note that there is no easy solution for .txt files, so I recommend using .mat files instead.
1. Data from model
If you don't read from a file it is quite easy.
The data is stored as matrix in the parameter table and we can use array indexing to access it:
model Demo
Modelica.Blocks.Sources.TimeTable timeTable(table=[0,1; 2,3]);
parameter Real initialValue = timeTable.table[1, 2];
end Demo;
This works for both, the Modelica.Blocks.Sources.TimeTable and the CombiTimeTable found in the same package.
2. Data from .mat file
The MSL provides functions to access .mat files. You have to get the table size before you can read the data.
See the code below how this can be done.
model Demo2
import Modelica.Utilities.Streams.{readMatrixSize, readRealMatrix};
parameter String fileName = "C:/tmp/table.mat";
parameter String tableName = "tab1";
parameter Real initialValue = (readRealMatrix(fileName=fileName, matrixName=tableName, nrow=matrixSize[1], ncol=matrixSize[2]))[1, 2];
Modelica.Blocks.Sources.CombiTimeTable combiTimeTable(
tableOnFile=true,
tableName=tableName,
fileName=fileName)
annotation (Placement(transformation(extent={{-10,-10},{10,10}})));
protected
final parameter Integer matrixSize[2] = readMatrixSize(fileName, tableName);
end Demo2;
Note that we don't store the whole table in a variable. Instead,
we read it and access the element of intereset with [1, 2]. This requires putting brackets around the function call.

Exporting the output of MATLAB's methodsview

MATLAB's methodsview tool is handy when exploring the API provided by external classes (Java, COM, etc.). Below is an example of how this function works:
myApp = actxserver('Excel.Application');
methodsview(myApp)
I want to keep the information in this window for future reference, by exporting it to a table, a cell array of strings, a .csv or another similar format, preferably without using external tools.
Some things I tried:
This window allows selecting one line at a time and doing "Ctrl+c Ctrl+v" on it, which results in a tab-separated text that looks like this:
Variant GetCustomListContents (handle, int32)
Such a strategy can work when there are only several methods, but not viable for (the usually-encountered) long lists.
I could not find a way to access the table data via the figure handle (w/o using external tools like findjobj or uiinspect), as findall(0,'Type','Figure') "do not see" the methodsview window/figure at all.
My MATLAB version is R2015a.
Fortunately, methodsview.m file is accessible and allows to get some insight on how the function works. Inside is the following comment:
%// Internal use only: option is optional and if present and equal to
%// 'noUI' this function returns methods information without displaying
%// the table. `
After some trial and error, I saw that the following works:
[titles,data] = methodsview(myApp,'noui');
... and returns two arrays of type java.lang.String[][].
From there I found a couple of ways to present the data in a meaningful way:
Table:
dataTable = cell2table(cell(data));
dataTable.Properties.VariableNames = matlab.lang.makeValidName(cell(titles));
Cell array:
dataCell = [cell(titles).'; cell(data)];
Important note: In the table case, the "Return Type" column title gets renamed to ReturnType, since table titles have to be valid MATLAB identifiers, as mentioned in the docs.

Matlab - using a function mulitple times in the same workspace, to add values and fields to a structure

I have a structure such as:
specimen.trial1 = 1
I now want to add another trial to the specimen, so that
specimen.trial1 = 1
specimen.trial2 = 2
I can do this without a problem within the workspace and command window. But, if I'm using a function to calculate the numbers for each trial (with dynamic fields), the new field and value erases the previous one. Eg:
function [specimen] = dummy(trial,value)
specimen.(trial) = value
end
run the function:
[specimen] = dummy('trial1',1)
then run the function again with different inputs, but keeping the structure intact in the workspace
[specimen] = dummy('trial2',2)
Instead of getting a structure with 2 fields, I get just one with Trial2 being the only field. Does that make any sense? What would like is to use the outputs of a function to progressively add to a structure.
Thank you,
Chris
Yes it makes sense, because you're creating a new struct specimen within your function.
Solution: pass the the previous specimen to the function as well.
function [specimen] = dummy(specimen,trial,value)
specimen.(trial) = value
end
and call:
[specimen] = dummy(specimen,'trial1',1)
or alternativly leave out the assignment at all and use the following
function [output] = dummy(value)
output = value
end
and call:
[specimen.trail1] = dummy(1)
which really depends on what you actually want to do. Put passing a name to a function which uses this name to define a struct is a little pointless unless you "use" that name otherwise. Also if you want to have input-dependent dynamic names you'd also go with the first alternative

Reading structured variable from MAT file

I am performing an analysis which involves simulation of over 1000 cases. I extracting lots of data for each case as well (about 70MB). Currently I am saving the results for each case as:
Vessel.TotalForce
Vessel.WindForce
Vessel.CurrentForce
Vessel.WaveForce
Vessel.ConnectionForce
...
Line1.EffectiveTension
Line1.X
Line1.Y
Line2.EfectiveTension
Line2.X
Line2.Y
...
save('CaseNo1.mat')
Now, I need to perform my analysis for CaseNo1.mat to CaseNo1000. Initially I planned to create a Database.mat file by loading all cases in it and then accessing any variable using h5read. This way Matlab doesn't need to load all the data at a time. However, I am concerned now that my database file will be too big.
Is there any way I can read the structured variables from individual case files for example CaseNo1.mat without loading the CaseNo1.mat file in memory.
Matlab examples shows loading just the variables directly from MAT file without loading the whole MAT file. But I am not sure how to read structures data the same way.
x=load('CaseNo1.mat','Line1.X')
says Line1.X not found. But it's there. The command is not correct to access the data. Also tried using h5read, but it says CaseNo1.mat is not an HDF5 file.
Can anyone help with this.
Apart from this, I would also appreciate if there is any suggestion about performing such data intensive analysis.
I was wrong! I'm leaving my old answer for context, though I've edited it to reference this one. I thought I had used matfile() in that way before, but I hadn't. I just did a thorough search and ran a few test cases. You've actually run into a limitation of the way Matlab handles and references structures stored in .mat files. There is, however, a solution. It does involve some refactoring of your original code, but it shouldn't be too egregious.
Vessel_TotalForce
Vessel_WindForce
Vessel_CurrentForce
Vessel_WaveForce
Vessel_ConnectionForce
...
Line1_EffectiveTension
Line1_X
Line1_Y
Line2_EfectiveTension
Line2_X
Line2_Y
...
save('CaseNo1.mat')
Then to access, just use matfile (or load) as you were before. Like so:
Vessel_WaveForce = load('CaseNo1.mat'', 'Vessel_WaveForce')
It's important to note that this restriction doesn't appear to be caused by anything you've chosen to do in your program, but rather is imposed by the way Matlab interacts with it's native storage files when they contain structures.
EDIT: This answer works, but doesn't actually solve the problem posed in OP's question. I thought I had used matfile to generate a handle that I could access, but I was wrong. See my other answer for details.
You could use matfile, like so:
myMatFileHandle = matfile('caseNo1.mat');
thisVessel = myMatFileHandle.vessel;
Also, from the little bit I can see, you seem to be on the right track for high-volume analysis. Just remember to use sparse when applicable, and generally avoid conditionals inside of loops if possible.
Good luck!
The objective of storing data in structured format is:
To be organized
Easy scripting post processor where looping through data under one data set it required.
To store structured dataset containing integer, floating and string variables in MAT file and to be able to read just the required variable using h5read command was sought. Matlab load command is not able to read variable beyond first level from stored data in a MAT file. The h5write couldn't write string variables. Hence needed a work around to solve this problem.
To do this I have used following method:
filename = 'myMatFile';
Vessel.TotalForce = %store some data
Vessel.WindForce = %store some data
Vessel.CurrentForce = %store some data
Vessel.WaveForce = %store some data
Vessel.ConnectionForce = %store some data
...
Lin1.LineType = 'Wire'
Line1.ArcLength_0.EffectiveTension = %store some data
Line1.ArcLength_50.EffectiveTension= %store some data
Line1.ArcLength_100.EffectiveTension= %store some data
Lin2.LineType = 'Chain'
Line2.ArcLength_0.EffectiveTension= %store some data
Line2.ArcLength_50.EffectiveTension= %store some data
Line2.ArcLength_100.EffectiveTension= %store some data
save([filename '_temp.mat']);
PointToMat=matfile([filename '.mat'],'Writable',true);
PointToMat.(char(filename)) = load([filename '_temp.mat']);
delete([filename '_temp.mat']);
Now to read from the MAT file created, we can use h5read as usual. To extract the EffectiveTension for Line1, ArcLength_0:
EffectiveTension = h5read([filename '.mat'],['/' filename '/Line1/ArcLength_0/EffectiveTension']);
For string variables, h5read returns decimal values corresponding to each character. To obtain the actual string I used:
name = char(h5read([filename '.mat'],['/' filename '/Line1/LineType']));
Tried this method on my data set which is about 200MB and I could process them pretty fast. Hope this would help someone someday.
Short answer:
Having saved the data into a MAT file with the '-v7.3' option, use something like h5read(filename, '/Line2/X') to read just one structure field. You can even read an array partially, for example:
s.a = 1:100;
save('test.mat', '-v7.3', 's');
clear
h5read('test.mat', '/s/a', [1 10], [1 5], [1 3])
returns each third element of the 1:100 array, starting with the 10th element and returning 5 values:
10 13 16 19 22
Long answer:
See answer by #Amitava for the more elaborate code and topic coverage.

Retrieve headers from a financial time-series object

I have code that creates a portfolio in matlab by merging two time series. How do I retrieve a vector of Headers for the funds such that I get a vector with the fund names from 'Port'?
Fund1ts=fints(Fund1Dates,Fund1Data,'Fund1');
Fund2ts=fints(Fund2Dates,Fund2Data,'Fund2');
%CREATE PORTFOLIO
Port=merge(Fund1ts,Fund2ts,'DateSetMethod','Intersection');
If you look at Port in the Command Window they are present. However if you open Port from Workspace Window then only the data exists hence my problem in retrieving it.
Thank you.
As Hugh Nolan also suggested in a comment, this should get you the names you are after:
fnames = fieldnames(Port, 1)
From the documentation:
fnames = fieldnames(tsobj, srsnameonly) returns field names depending upon the setting of srsnameonly. If srsnameonly is 0, the function returns all field names, including the common fields: desc, freq, dates, and times. If srsnameonly is set to 1, fieldnames returns only the data series in fnames.
Hence the 1 in the code-snippet above. It will return only Fund1 and Fund2.
Edit
It appears that there are two functions called fieldnames in Matlab:
The 'standard' function fieldnames:
names = fieldnames(s)
names = fieldnames(obj)
names = fieldnames(obj,'-full')
The function fieldnames which is part of the Financial Toolbox:
fnames = fieldnames(tsobj)
fnames = fieldnames(tsobj, srsnameonly)
If called with one input argument, they both operate similarly. However, for future readers of this answer: The particular answer given above works only for the Financial Toolbox-version of the function.