ADMIT-1: Automatic differentiation and MATLAB interface toolbox

ADMIT-1 enables the computation of sparse Jacobian and Hessian matrices, us ing automatic differentiation technology, from a MATLAB environment. Given a function to be differentiated, ADMIT-1 will exploit sparsity if present t o yield sparse derivative matrices (in sparse MATLAB form). A generic autom atic differentiation tool, subject to some functionality requirements, can be plugged into ADMIT-1; examples include ADOL-C (C/C++ target functions) a nd ADMAT (MATLAB target functions). ADMIT-1 also allows for the calculation of gradients and has several other related functions. This article provide s an introduction to the design and usage of ADMIT-1.