The following information was taken from
the TSTOOL User Manual (Copyright © 1997, Nikos Drakos, Computer Based Learning
Unit, University of Leeds).
To download the TSTOOL package or the
manual go to http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/tstool/.
TSTOOL is a software package for signal
processing with emphasis on nonlinear time-series analysis. The package is written partly in Matlab and
partly in C++ for computationally demanding algorithms.
Objectives:
-
Implement existing algorithms for nonlinear time-series analysis
- Develop new methods for specific data
analysis problems
- Create an expandable platform for
signal processing
Advantages of Matlab:
- Reduced code development time
- Extensive collection of intrinsic
mathematical functions
- Excellent graphic capabilities
- High portability from Unix to Windows
NT and other platforms
TSTOOL is written in MATLAB, a powerful language for scientific
computing, and in C++. Therefore you need MATLAB version 5.2 or higher to run
TSTOOL. Unfortunately, MATLAB is not free software!
TSTOOL does work on Windows 95/98/NT and
SGI IRIX 6.5. It does not work on all platforms for which MATLAB is available
due to the use of mex-files, which are functions written in C or C++ that
extend MATLAB's set of build-in functions. However, these mex-files must be
compiled for every platform individually.
TSTOOL makes use of the object-oriented features of MATLAB.