Eaton John W., Bateman David, Hauberg Soren, Wehbring Rik. GNU Octave

Edition 4. — Octave Ver. 4.2.1, 2017. — 1004 p.Citing Octave in Publications
How You Can Contribute to Octave
DistributionA Brief Introduction to Octave
Running Octave
Simple Examples
ConventionsGetting Started
Invoking Octave from the Command Line
Quitting Octave
Commands for Getting Help
Command Line Editing
How Octave Reports Errors
Executable Octave Programs
Comments in Octave ProgramsData Types
Built-in Data Types
User-defined Data Types
Object SizesNumeric Data Types
Matrices
Ranges
Single Precision Data Types
Integer Data Types
Bit Manipulations
Logical Values
Promotion and Demotion of Data Types
Predicates for Numeric ObjectsStrings
Escape Sequences in String Constants
Character Arrays
Creating Strings
Comparing Strings
Manipulating Strings
String Conversions
Character Class FunctionsData Containers
Structures
Cell Arrays
Comma Separated ListsVariables
Global Variables
Persistent Variables
Status of VariablesExpressions
Index Expressions
Calling Functions
Arithmetic Operators
Comparison Operators
Boolean Expressions
Assignment Expressions
Increment Operators
Operator PrecedenceEvaluation
Calling a Function by its Name
Evaluation in a Different ContextStatements
The if Statement
The switch Statement
The while Statement
The do-until Statement
The for Statement
The break Statement
The continue Statement
The unwind protect Statement
The try Statement
Continuation LinesFunctions and Scripts
Introduction to Function and Script Files
Defining Functions
Multiple Return Values
Variable-length Argument Lists
Ignoring Arguments
Variable-length Return Lists
Returning from a Function
Default Arguments
Function Files
Script Files
Function Handles, Anonymous Functions, Inline Functions
Commands
Organization of Functions Distributed with OctaveErrors and Warnings
Handling Errors
Handling WarningsDebugging
Entering Debug Mode
Leaving Debug Mode
Breakpoints
Debug Mode
Call Stack
Profiling
Profiler ExampleInput and Output
Basic Input and Output
C-Style I/O FunctionsPlotting
Introduction to Plotting
High-Level Plotting
Graphics Data Structures
Advanced PlottingMatrix Manipulation
Finding Elements and Checking Conditions
Rearranging Matrices
Special Utility Matrices
Famous MatricesArithmetic
Exponents and Logarithms
Complex Arithmetic
Trigonometry
Sums and Products
Utility Functions
Special Functions
Rational Approximations
Coordinate Transformations
Mathematical ConstantsLinear Algebra
Techniques Used for Linear Algebra
Basic Matrix Functions
Matrix Factorizations
Functions of a Matrix
Specialized SolversVectorization and Faster Code Execution
Basic Vectorization
Broadcasting
Function Application
Accumulation
JIT Compiler
Miscellaneous Techniques
ExamplesNonlinear Equations
Solvers
MinimizersDiagonal and Permutation Matrices
Creating and Manipulating Diagonal/Permutation Matrices
Linear Algebra with Diagonal/Permutation Matrices
Functions That Are Aware of These Matrices
Examples of Usage
Differences in Treatment of Zero ElementsSparse Matrices
Creation and Manipulation of Sparse Matrices
Linear Algebra on Sparse Matrices
Iterative Techniques Applied to Sparse Matrices
Real Life Example using Sparse MatricesNumerical Integration
Functions of One Variable
Orthogonal Collocation
Functions of Multiple VariablesDifferential Equations
Ordinary Differential Equations
Differential-Algebraic EquationsOptimization
Linear Programming
Quadratic Programming
Nonlinear Programming
Linear Least SquaresStatistics
Descriptive Statistics
Basic Statistical Functions
Statistical Plots
Correlation and Regression Analysis
Distributions
TestsSets
Set OperationsPolynomial Manipulations
Evaluating Polynomials
Finding Roots
Products of Polynomials
Derivatives / Integrals / Transforms
Polynomial Interpolation
Miscellaneous FunctionsInterpolation
One-dimensional Interpolation
Multi-dimensional InterpolationGeometry
Delaunay Triangulation
Voronoi Diagrams
Convex Hull
Interpolation on Scattered DataSignal ProcessingImage Processing
Loading and Saving Images
Displaying Images
Representing Images
Plotting on top of Images
Color ConversionAudio Processing
Audio File Utilities
Audio Device Information
Audio Player
Audio Recorder
Audio Data ProcessingObject Oriented Programming
Creating a Class
Class Methods
Indexing Objects
Overloading Objects
Inheritance and AggregationGUI Development
I/O Dialogs
Progress Bar
GUI Elements
GUI Utility Functions
User-Defined PreferencesSystem Utilities
Timing Utilities
Filesystem Utilities
File Archiving Utilities
Networking Utilities
Controlling Subprocesses
Process, Group, and User IDs
Environment Variables
Current Working Directory
Password Database Functions
Group Database Functions
System Information
Hashing FunctionsPackages
Installing and Removing Packages
Using Packages
Administrating Packages
Creating PackagesAppendix A. External Code Interface
Oct-Files
Mex-Files
Standalone Programs
Java InterfaceAppendix B. Test and Demo Functions
Test Functions
Demonstration FunctionsAppendix C. Obsolete FunctionsAppendix D. Known Causes of Trouble
Actual Bugs We Haven’t Fixed Yet
Reporting Bugs
How To Get Help with Octave
How to Distinguish Between Octave and MatLABAppendix E. Installing Octave
Build Dependencies
Running Configure and Make
Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
Installation ProblemsAppendix F. Grammar and Parser
Keywords
ParserAppendix G. GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSEFunction Index
Operator Index