Interface

The BayesForest Toolbox operates via the Matlab command line. Function BayesForest is the main function of the Toolbox. BayesForest(input) takes the input configuration file input (string).

The input configuration file has the following syntax rules:

• whole line is a comment, if it begins with #

• one line contains one statement (usually) in the form var = value, where var is a specific variable that defines the behavior of BayesForest, whereas value is a desired value for var.

For example at the Matlab prompt:

BayesForest('input-test.txt')

runs the simulation process defined in the configuration file input-test.txt.

Below an excerpt from a sample configuration file is shown:

# This is a comment
# Target directory, the below statement is processed by the BayesForest
target_dir = ./

Other functions and tools from the BayesForest Toolbox can be used independently. In this case, it is better to consult the corresponding function's help pages using:

help import_qsm_data

or

doc import_qsm_data

The above will print help pages of the function import_qsm_data.

help BayesForest is a good introduction to the Toolbox.