Create your optimal design fast and easy. PopED GUI is a Windows based program written in the language C# .NET 2.0 that will wrap around the script version of PopED (written in Matlab) that performs the calculations needed to get an optimal design.

PopED is a Optimal Experimental Design tool for Non-Linear Mixed Effect Models. PopED is based on Matlab scripts and, for Windows .NET users or Mono users, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is available.

The purpose of the GUI is to get an easy way to build up an experiment and to optimize the design variables in that experiment. There are also tools available for interpretation of the outcome of the optimal design and ways to validate models and simulate models prior to the optimal design.

All these tools are accessible via the script version of PopED but then the user needs knowledge about the Matlab programming language and how to set up an experiment in the Matlab environment, therefore the GUI was developed to minimize the skills needed by the user in terms of programming. The PopED GUI also provides model templates and examples that will help the user to set up their own experiments. Some knowledge in the Matlab language might be useful but the model templates should give a good introduction to defining PopED models in Matlab.

Installation step by step
1. Fulfill the requirements above.
2. Run the setup file (setup.exe) and then walk through the setup wizard.
3. Open PopED GUI from the Start Menu and Open File/Settings. Set the paths to the different directories. PopED GUI could also be started with an input argument specifying other config.xml files than the standard one. This could be useful for multiuser system where each user has there own config.xml.
4. If the PopED program is NOT installed in the directory C:\Program Files\PopED, change the path in the poped.m file and the convert_xml.m file in the installation dir\program\xml directory to your local path.
5. Setup is now completed.

Running PopED
Start PopED GUI from the start menu or run the script version (without graphics) of PopED by starting Matlab. In the script version; add the path to the PopED script version (e.g. C:\Program Files\PopED\program) to the working directory of Matlab. This can be done by using the addpath command or by changing the directory to PopED and then type poped(''). A third way is to use the Matlab Set Path command under the File menu in the Matlab GUI. In Freemat this could be changed under the Tools/Path tool menu. The GUI could also be started with an input argument specifying the settings file (config.xml). However if no argument is used the config.xml in the installation directory is used. This allows users to specify user specific settings files.

Requirements:
* Matlab

The license of this software is Free, you can free download and free use this cad software.