% timing test for normpdf niter = 1000; d = 100; A = rand(d); A = A*A'; S = chol(A); iA = inv(A); iS = chol(iA); x = rand(d,1); fprintf('time for standard normal:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x); end;toc fprintf('time for single mean:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x,x(:,1)); end;toc fprintf('time for zero mean, Cholesky argument:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x,[],S); end;toc fprintf('time for Cholesky argument:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x,x,S); end;toc fprintf('time for variance argument:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x,x,[],A); end;toc fprintf('time for inverse Cholesky argument:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x,x,iS,'inv'); end;toc fprintf('time for inverse variance argument:') tic;for i = 1:niter normpdfln(x,x,'inv',iA); end;toc x=[0;1]; m=[0.1;1.1]; v=[0.1 0.1;0.1 0.5]; normpdf(x,m,[],v)