Installation guide

Release Notes for R2006b

MATLAB® Builder for Excel

• New Deployment Tool graphical user interface for creating and building

projects

For details, see the product-specific release notes.

MATLAB® Compiler

• New Deployment Tool graphical user interface for creating and building

projects

• Support for converting MATLAB M-files to Java components, in conjunction

with the optional MATLAB Builder for Java product

• Support for Windows x64

For details, see the product-specific release notes.

MATLAB® Distributed Computing Engine

• Support for MPI (parallel jobs) with third-party scheduler or MathWorks job

manager

• Enhanced error detection for MPI (parallel jobs)

• Support for Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS)

• Support for Win64

• Interactive Parallel Mode (pmode)

• New distributed array structure to support parallel algorithms

For details, see the product-specific release notes.

Model-Based Calibration Toolbox

Optimization

• Gradient constraints for controlling table smoothness in optimization-based

and feature-based table filling

• Contour plot view for optimization results

• Point-by-point variable bounds for finer control of optimization problems

• Ability to enable and disable optimization constraints for "what-if studies