Das im wissenschaftlichen Bereich renommierte Matheprogramm MATLAB, erschienen in der Version 7.2 (R2006b) - released September 1, 2006, des Herstellers The MathWorks, wartet mit einer Vielzahl von Verbesserungen und Neuerungen auf.

Highlights of R2006b
Release 2006b (R2006b) includes updates to MATLAB® and Simulink®, six new products released since R2006a, and updates and bug fixes for 80 products.

New capabilities for the MATLAB product family include
* Additional support for large data set handling in MATLAB, including improved memory efficiency and performance when processing large arrays
* MATLAB application deployment to JavaTM
* Distributed computing tools supporting Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003, distributed arrays, and parallel math functions
* Graphical interface for defining and solving optimization problems

New capabilities for the Simulink product family include
* Verifying compliance with modeling standards
* Managing tests and analyzing results for system verification and validation
* HDL code generation for Simulink and Stateflow®
* Easier incorporation of legacy C/C++ code for simulation and code generation
* Embedded MATLAB function block support for MATLAB structures and Simulink buses
* Modeling Mealy and Moore semantics to support C and HDL code generation
* Stateflow support for Simulink buses

Six new products have been introduced since R2006a
* Aerospace Toolbox
* Link for TASKING®
* MATLAB® Builder for JavaTM
* SimHydraulicsTM
* Simulink® HDL Coder
* SystemTest

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Release Notes for R2006b