How to find BBA file on MATLAB r2014b?

Hello,

I am interesting on this work

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/44707-binary-bat-algorithm

It is mentioned that this submission is now available as a Toolbox file in R2014b.

MATLAB Search Path /BBA

I have MATLAB r2014b, but I can’t find the BBA file or Toolbox anywhere.

what I shoud do?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

It is not part of MATLAB. It is a File Exchange contribution, so you have to download it to your computer and install it in your MATLAB user path. (I would create a separate sub-directory for it, then add that sub-directory to your MATLAB search path using the addpath function.)

[nedjma ALI]

Thank you very much for your quick reply, but saying that " this submission is now available as a Toolbox file in R2014b ."doesn't mean that it is a part of MATLAB?

I was hopping to find the file on matalb since the one sharing on "file exchange" is just demo and doesn't include all the details.

[Star Strider]

My pleasure.

It doesn’t mean that it is part of MATLAB. There were a number of changes in R2014b that ‘broke’ (or could have broken) a number of FEX contributions. Saying that it available in R2014b probably just means that will work with R2014b. I have no experience with that particular contribution, so I cannot comment further. If you have specific questions about it, I suggest that you contact the author of the contribution.

[nedjma ALI]

Again Many thanks.

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

The BBA-files are not part of MATLAB: you have to download this submission from File Exchange (FEX) and install it yourself (as Start Strider has described).

The reference to "toolbox file in 2014b" refers to a new feature in MATLAB that allows custom MATLAB toolboxes to be be installed using one installer file. For example this submission uses this feature:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48729-for-each

Note that this requires the author/uploader to set this when they upload their files, and it seems that the author of the BBA submission has updated at some point without correctly selecting this option, even though they mention it in their update notes.

[nedjma ALI]

Many thanks for the prompt reply.