Institute for New Economic Thinking
Gerd Gigerenzer: What Can Economists Know? 2/5
Gerd Gigerenzer, Director, Max Planck Institute for Human Development speaks on panel entitled "What Can Economists Know: Rethinking the Foundations of Economic Understanding at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm...
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Excel VBA Macro Tutorial for Engineers
This basic Excel Macro tutorial demonstrates how to import and export values from a VBA program, display a message box, and write an IF statement. This video is followed by examples on writing this same program in MATLAB and Python.
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Chemical Reaction Differential Equations in Python
Concentrations on chemical species from mole balances are solved for 1, 2, and 4 species in Python with the Scipy.Integrate package ODEINT.
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Solve Differential Equations in Python
Differential equations are solved in Python with the Scipy.integrate package using function ODEINT. ODEINT requires three inputs: y = odeint(model, y0, t) model: Function name that returns derivative values at requested y and t values as...
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Python Import Online Data and Analyze
There are many online sources of data. Python is capable to access, parse, and display data from databases, data streams, or other sources. The Internet of Things (IoT) depends on devices and programs (such as Python) communicating with...
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MathCAD Nonlinear Equation Solver
Solution of variables within nonlinear expressions can either be difficult or impossible with analytic or symbolic techniques. When a numerical solution is required, a nonlinear solution technique can be used within Mathcad with either a...
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Introduction to MathCAD for Engineers
Mathcad is a tool to arrange, calculate, and visualize engineering calculations. A Mathcad sheet has values, equations, plots, and functions that are written and displayed in a manner that is similar to how they are written in a textbook...
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Linear and Polynomial Regression in MATLAB
Data regression is an empirical method to develop correlations. This tutorial demonstrates how to use MATLAB to fit a line and polynomial functions along with plotting the results and performing a basic statistical analysis.
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Import Data and Analyze with Python
Python programming language allows sophisticated data analysis and visualization. This tutorial is a basic step-by-step introduction on how to import a text file (CSV), perform simple data analysis, export the results as a text file, and...
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Mastering Swift 2 Programming (Video 49)
Swift 2 is a multi-paradigm programming language that has expressive features familiar to modern functional languages, and does not forget the object-oriented features of Objective-C. Things that took a block of code in Objective-C are...
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Debugging Python with ipdb and Sypder
A powerful debugging tool for Python is the pdb (or ipdb) tool that is part of the Integrate Development Environment of Spyder (available from the Anaconda download). This exercise shows how to debug code to fix syntax and logical...
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Generate high quality plots with MATLAB
Plots in presentations and technical documents can either detract or enhance the delivery. This tutorial demonstrates how to make high quality plots in MATLAB and how to export the figures in PNG (for MS PowerPoint) or EPS format (for...
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Mathematical Optimization with MATLAB
This tutorial demonstrates how to solve a simple mathematical optimization problem with four variables, one objective function, one equality constraint, and an inequality constraint. The problem is solved with the APMonitor toolbox in...
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Change File Extension (.txt .csv .xlsx .zip) in Windows
Microsoft Windows hides files extensions for known file types by default. Select "Folder Options"..."View"...unselect "Hide extensions for known file types". As an example, you can change the extension on a Microsoft Office document to a...
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Mastering Swift 2 Programming (Video 46)
Swift 2 is a multi-paradigm programming language that has expressive features familiar to modern functional languages, and does not forget the object-oriented features of Objective-C. Things that took a block of code in Objective-C are...
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Import Data and Analyze with MATLAB
Data are frequently available in text file format. This tutorial reviews how to import data, create trends and custom calculations, and then export the data in text file format from MATLAB. Source code is available from...
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Install Python 3.7 on Windows or Linux
Follow these steps to install Python 3.7 on Windows: 1. Remove old Python distributions 2. Browse to python.org and download installer 3. Install to C:\Python37 4. Add to PATH Environment Variable a. C:\Python37 b. C:\Python37\Scripts 5....
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Install Julia on Windows and Linux with Jupyter Notebook
Julia is a language that combines the ease of programming of MATLAB or Python with the speed of C or Java. This tutorial shows how to install Julia 0.5.0 on Windows or Linux (Ubuntu) and manage add-on packages.
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Record and Plot Real time Data in Python
This sample exercise records, analyzes, and plots real-time data in Python. It is an introductory exercise for the project listed at http://apmonitor.com/che263/index.php/Main/CourseProjects
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Interactive Python with Widgets
An IPython widget allows a user to input a value or perform a function. Widgets enhance user interaction with the IPython notebook. See http://apmonitor.com/che263/index.php/Main/PythonWidgets to download the example IPython notebook and...
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Fitting a Line using Least Squares #SoME2
The Least Squares method is widely used to fit curves to data. This is called Least Squares regression. This video shows how to solve the ordinary least squares minimization problem for 1 unknown and 2 unknowns. In practice though, it...
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Install Python Modules
Python packages such as numpy, scipy, matplotlib, xlwings, pygame, openCV, and others extend the capabilities of this capable programming language. Installing packages is accomplished with downloadable installer packages or through the...
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Install MATLAB 2017b with Add-ons (Arduino)
The MATLAB internet installer is downloaded from MathWorks.com. It requires an account associated with a valid MathWorks license. This video walks through the setup and installation of MATLAB as well as adding packages such as the one...