Automatic Maxima Detection (AMD) : Getting started
To get started with AMD, you read this tutorial.
Installation
- Download AMD. The ZIP file contains: (1) AMD code including a graphical user interface (GUI), (2) FDA code, and (3) the three analyses presented in the Behavior Research Methods article.
- Unzip this downloaded file to some directory.
- Start Matlab, and set current directory to the one containing downloaded AMD code.
- To start the GUI, run AMD_GUI.m. Data files can be found under the "Data" directory. Unless specified otherwise, they contain the sampling times on the first row, subject (case) numbers in the first column, and group id in the second column.
- To run the sample Matlab analyses using scripts, execute the file under "file location" and obtain results in the corresponding "AMD output directory":
Analysis File location AMD output directory Berkeley growth study .\sample_scripts\script_berkeley.m .\results\berkeley\ Corrigan study .\sample_scripts\script_corrigan.m .\results\corrigan\ McMurray study .\sample_scripts\script_mcmurray.m .\results\mcmurray\
These scripts serve as samples that can be adapted for other purposes.
Notes
- AMD runs on Matlab. It has been tested on version R2009b (32 bits) and R2010a (64 bits) of Matlab. Compatibility with other versions of Matlab cannot be guaranteed.
- AMD comes embedded with Functional Data Analysis (FDA).
