For undergraduate and graduate courses in MATLAB or as a reference in courses where MATLAB is used, this text covers all essential aspects of MATLAB presented within an easy- to-follow learn while doing tutorial format.
Features
Presents the tools students need to master the latest release of MATLAB. This text helps students increase their productivity by showing them how to use MATLAB’s capabilities and new features efficiently.
Thorough coverage of indexing, vectorizing, and linear algebra. Increases students' problem-solving productivity and dramatically increases algorithm speed.
Abundant examples throughout, including a chapter that specifically covers extensive examples. The material is generally presented in the
form of examples that students can duplicate, by running MATLAB as they read the book.
Comprehensive index.
This text covers only topics that are of use to a general audience. The material presented generally applies to all computer platforms.
Contents
• Getting Started
• Basic Features
• The MATLAB Desktop
• Script M-files
• Arrays and Array Operations
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Numeric Data Types
• Cell Arrays and Structures
• Character Strings
• Relational and Logical Operations
• Control Flow
• Functions
• File and Directory Management
• Set, Bit, and Base Functions
• Time Computations
• Matrix Algebra
• Data Analysis
• Data Interpolation
• Polynomials
• Cubic Splines
• Fourier Analysis
• Optimization
• Integration and Differentiation
• Differential Equations
• Two-Dimensional Graphics
• Three-Dimensional Graphics
• Using Color and Light
• Images, Movies, and Sound
• Printing and Exporting Graphics
• Handle Graphics
• Graphical User Interfaces
• MATLAB Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
• MATLAB Programming Interfaces
• Extending MATLAB with java
• Windows Application Integration
• Getting Help
• Examples, Examples, Examples
• Appendix: MATLAB Function Information
• Appendix: MATLAB Release Information