A Primer for MLAB (Mathematical Modeling Laboratory). An On-Line Modeling Laboratory,

摘要

The Mathematical Modeling Laboratory (MLAB),described in this PRIMER,was developed as a tool for experimentation with,and evaluation of,mathematical models or functions. It runs on a DEC SYSTEM 10or 20timesharing system and is available for public distribution. Chapters 2and 3deal with curve fitting and differential equations and proceed from elementary examples to the more complex. Chapter 4introduces a few of the special commands in MLAB:the ROOT operator,the SUM command and the FOR command. These are basic commands and do not depend on anything in Chapters 2and 3. Chapter 5contains a discussion of files and in particular a description of DO FILES. DO FILES are the mechanism within MLAB to develop a programming language;that is, a sequence of executable commands which can be called in as a package to operate on data. Chapter 6is essentially comprised of detailed examples illustrating the contents of the first five chapters.