Tag Archives: AlgLib

ALGLIB Statistics Functions

Posted on 16/08/2010 by dougaj4

I have recently imported all the ALGLIB statistics functions into VBA, and written interface functions where required, so that all the functions may now be used as User Defined Functions (UDFs) on the spreadsheet.  A spreadsheet including full open source code … Continue reading →

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AlgLib Complex Number Functions

Posted on 11/08/2010 by dougaj4

The AlgLib module ap.bas includes complex number functions which can be called from other VBA routines, but they cannot be used as User Defined Functions (UDFs)  because they use the user defined data type “Complex”: To  call these functions from the … Continue reading →

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More on buckling columns

Posted on 27/06/2010 by dougaj4

Coincidentally, at about the same time as I wrote about column buckling for a column with a point load on the end, Autar Kaw at The Numerical Methods Guy was writing about buckling of columns under self weight, using the theory of … Continue reading →

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Using the AlgLib ODE (Runge-Kutta) Solver with Excel

Posted on 18/06/2010 by dougaj4

Or to be more correct, the AlgLib Cash-Karp Solver, Cash-Karp being a refinement of the Runge-Kutta method of solving ordinary differential equations. Solution of differential equations is an iterative process requiring the repeated application of the solver routine followed by evaluation of … Continue reading →

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AlgLib Spline Functions

Posted on 07/06/2010 by dougaj4

Following earlier posts on cubic splines I have collected the Alglib interpolation routines, and the necessary supporting routines, and written interface functions to allow most of the 1Dspline routines to be called from the spreadsheet.  Since there is a large measure … Continue reading →

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