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A Concise Introduction to Matlab

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Published: 31st October 2007
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" A Concise Introduction to Matlab " is a simple, concise book designed to cover all the major capabilities of MATLAB that are useful for beginning students. Thorough coverage of Function handles, Anonymous functions, and Subfunctions. In addition, key applications including plotting, programming, statistics and model building are also all covered.

MATLAB is presently a globally available standard computational tool for engineers and scientists. The terminology, syntax, and the use of the programming language are well defined and the organization of the material makes it easy to locate information and navigate through the textbook.

Prefacep. ix
An Overview of MATLABp. 1
MATLAB Interactive Sessionsp. 2
Menus and the Toolbarp. 13
Arrays, Files, and Plotsp. 16
Script Files and the Editor/Debuggerp. 23
The MATLAB Help Systemp. 28
Summaryp. 31
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 32
Problemsp. 33
Numeric, Cell, and Structure Arraysp. 38
One- and Two-Dimensional Numeric Arraysp. 39
Multidimensional Numeric Arraysp. 49
Element-by-Element Operationsp. 49
Matrix Operationsp. 57
Matrix Methods for Linear Equationsp. 69
Polynomial Operations Using Arraysp. 85
Cell Arraysp. 88
Structure Arraysp. 91
Summaryp. 95
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 96
Problemsp. 96
Functions and Filesp. 120
Elementary Mathematical Functionsp. 120
User-Defined Functionsp. 126
Additional Function Topicsp. 137
Working with Data Filesp. 145
Summaryp. 147
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 147
Problemsp. 147
Decision-Making Programsp. 153
Relational Operators and Logical Variablesp. 153
Logical Operators and Functionsp. 156
Conditional Statementsp. 163
Loopsp. 170
The switch Structurep. 181
Debugging MATLAB Programsp. 184
Summaryp. 187
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 188
Problemsp. 188
Advanced Plotting and Model Buildingp. 205
xy Plotting Functionsp. 205
Additional Commands and Plot Typesp. 211
Interactive Plotting in MATLABp. 224
Function Discoveryp. 230
Regressionp. 237
The Basic Fitting Interfacep. 247
Three-Dimensional Plotsp. 250
Summaryp. 255
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 255
Problemsp. 255
Statistics, Probability, and Interpolationp. 271
Statistics and Histogramsp. 272
The Normal Distributionp. 277
Random Number Generationp. 283
Interpolationp. 289
Summaryp. 298
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 299
Problemsp. 300
Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equationsp. 305
Numerical Integrationp. 306
Numerical Differentiationp. 313
First-Order Differential Equationsp. 318
Higher-Order Differential Equationsp. 325
Special Methods for Linear Equationsp. 331
Summaryp. 344
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 345
Problemsp. 346
Symbolic Processingp. 354
Symbolic Expressions and Algebrap. 355
Algebraic and Transcendental Equationsp. 362
Calculusp. 365
Differential Equationsp. 370
Laplace Transformsp. 374
Symbolic Linear Algebrap. 380
Summaryp. 384
Key Terms with Page Referencesp. 384
Problemsp. 384
Guide to Commands and Functions in This Textp. 396
Referencesp. 408
Answers to Selected Problemsp. 409
Indexp. 413
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ISBN: 9780073385839
ISBN-10: 0073385832
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 448
Published: 31st October 2007
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 18.54  x 1.78
Weight (kg): 0.637