A Concise Introduction to Matlab

by Palm III, William

• ISBN13: 9780073385839
• ISBN10: 0073385832
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-31
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

A Concise Introduction to Matlabis a simple,concise book designed to cover all the major capabilities of MATLABthat 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
An Overview of MATLAB	p. 1
MATLAB Interactive Sessions	p. 2
Menus and the Toolbar	p. 13
Arrays, Files, and Plots	p. 16
Script Files and the Editor/Debugger	p. 23
The MATLAB Help System	p. 28
Summary	p. 31
Key Terms with Page References	p. 32
Problems	p. 33
Numeric, Cell, and Structure Arrays	p. 38
One- and Two-Dimensional Numeric Arrays	p. 39
Multidimensional Numeric Arrays	p. 49
Element-by-Element Operations	p. 49
Matrix Operations	p. 57
Matrix Methods for Linear Equations	p. 69
Polynomial Operations Using Arrays	p. 85
Cell Arrays	p. 88
Structure Arrays	p. 91
Summary	p. 95
Key Terms with Page References	p. 96
Problems	p. 96
Functions and Files	p. 120
Elementary Mathematical Functions	p. 120
User-Defined Functions	p. 126
Additional Function Topics	p. 137
Working with Data Files	p. 145
Summary	p. 147
Key Terms with Page References	p. 147
Problems	p. 147
Decision-Making Programs	p. 153
Relational Operators and Logical Variables	p. 153
Logical Operators and Functions	p. 156
Conditional Statements	p. 163
Loops	p. 170
The switch Structure	p. 181
Debugging MATLAB Programs	p. 184
Summary	p. 187
Key Terms with Page References	p. 188
Problems	p. 188
Advanced Plotting and Model Building	p. 205
xy Plotting Functions	p. 205
Additional Commands and Plot Types	p. 211
Interactive Plotting in MATLAB	p. 224
Function Discovery	p. 230
Regression	p. 237
The Basic Fitting Interface	p. 247
Three-Dimensional Plots	p. 250
Summary	p. 255
Key Terms with Page References	p. 255
Problems	p. 255
Statistics, Probability, and Interpolation	p. 271
Statistics and Histograms	p. 272
The Normal Distribution	p. 277
Random Number Generation	p. 283
Interpolation	p. 289
Summary	p. 298
Key Terms with Page References	p. 299
Problems	p. 300
Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equations	p. 305
Numerical Integration	p. 306
Numerical Differentiation	p. 313
First-Order Differential Equations	p. 318
Higher-Order Differential Equations	p. 325
Special Methods for Linear Equations	p. 331
Summary	p. 344
Key Terms with Page References	p. 345
Problems	p. 346
Symbolic Processing	p. 354
Symbolic Expressions and Algebra	p. 355
Algebraic and Transcendental Equations	p. 362
Calculus	p. 365
Differential Equations	p. 370
Laplace Transforms	p. 374
Symbolic Linear Algebra	p. 380
Summary	p. 384
Key Terms with Page References	p. 384
Problems	p. 384
Guide to Commands and Functions in This Text	p. 396
References	p. 408
Answers to Selected Problems	p. 409
Index	p. 413
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