Engineering Computation with MATLAB

by Smith, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780136080633
• ISBN10: 0136080634
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

KEY BENEFIT : Updated to comply with MATLAB 2008, this text uses hands-on exercises, engineering industry examples, and a variety of core tools to increase programming proficiency and capability. KEY TOPICS : Introduction to Computers and Programming; Getting Started with MATLAB; Arrays; Execution Control; Functions; Character Strings; Cell Arrays and Structures; File I/O; Recursion; Principles of Problem Solving; Plotting; Matrices; Images; Processing Sound; Numerical Methods; Sorting. Online Chapters: Searching Graphs; OOP; Linked Lists; Binary Trees; N-ary Trees and Graphs; The Cost of Computing. MARKET : An ideal reference for engineering or computer science professionals.

Author Biography

David Smith is a lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he developed the Introduced to Computer Science Course for engineers. Before his retirement from industry, he worked at Lockheed-Martin as a system and software specialist with focus on intelligent systems. Smith was active in software development and design for the C-1301, C-271, F-22, and D-5 aircraft and was the technical leader to the Pilot's Associate Program.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Computers and Programming	p. 1
Background	p. 2
History of Computer Architectures	p. 3
Computing Systems Today	p. 5
Executing a MATLAB Program	p. 13
Problem Solving	p. 13
Getting Start with MATLAB	p. 17
Programming Language Background	p. 19
Basic Data Manipulation	p. 21
The MATLAB User interface	p. 25
Scripts	p. 35
Engineering Example- Spacecraft Launch	p. 39
Vectors and Arrays	p. 47
Concept: Using Built-in Functions	p. 48
Concept Data Collections	p. 48
MATLAB Vectors	p. 48
Engineering Example-Forces and Moments	p. 61
MATLAB Arrays	p. 62
Engineering Example- Computing Soil Volume	p. 74
Execution Control	p. 85
Concept Code Blocks	p. 86
Conditional Execution in General	p. 86
if Statements	p. 87
switch Statements	p. 92
Iteration in General	p. 94
for loops	p. 95
while loops	p. 98
Engineering Example-computing Liquid Levels	p. 101
Functions	p. 111
Concepts: Abstraction and Encapsulation	p. 112
Black Box View of a Function	p. 112
MATLAB Implementation	p. 113
Engineering Example-Measuring a Solid Object	p. 119
Character Strings	p. 127
Character String Concepts; Mapping Casting, Tokens and Delimiting	p. 128
MATLAB Implementation	p. 129
Format Conversion Functions	p. 131
Character String Operations	p. 134
Arrays of Strings	p. 137
Engineering Example-Encryption	p. 138
Cell Arrays and Structures	p. 147
Concept Collecting Dissimilar Objects	p. 148
Cell Arrays	p. 148
MATLAB Structures	p. 153
Structure Arrays	p. 156
Engineering Example-Assembling a Structure	p. 162
File Input and Output	p. 173
Concept	p. 174
MATLAB Workspace I/O	p. 174
High-Level File I/O Functions	p. 175
Lower-Level File I/O	p. 180
Engineering Example-Spreadsheet Data	p. 184
Recursion	p. 191
Concept The Activation Stack	p. 192
Recursion Defined	p. 193
Implementing a Recursive Function in MATLAB	p. 194
Exceptions	p. 196
Wrapper Functions	p. 200
Tail Recursion	p. 203
Murual Resursion	p. 205
Generative Recursion	p. 205
Examples of Recursion	p. 205
Engineering Example-Robot Arm Motion	p. 211
Principles of Problem Solving	p. 219
Solving Simple Problems	p. 220
Assembling Solution Steps	p. 220
Summary of Operations	p. 220
Solving Larger Problems	p. 236
Engineering Example-Processing Geopolitical Data	p. 238
Plotting	p. 247
Plotting	p. 248
2-D Plotting	p. 252
3-D Plotting	p. 258
Surface Plots	p. 261
Interacting with Plotted Data	p. 279
Engineering Example-Visualizing Geographic Data	p. 283
Matrices	p. 293
Concept Behavioral Abstraction	p. 294
Matrix Operations	p. 294
MATLAB Implementation	p. 297
Rotating Coordinates	p. 300
Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations	p. 307
Engineering Examples	p. 311
Images	p. 319
NAture of an Image	p. 320
Image Types	p. 321
Reading, Displaying, and Writing Images	p. 323
Operating on Images	p. 323
Engineering Example-Detecting Edges	p. 339
Processing Sound	p. 347
The Physics of Sound	p. 348
Recording and Playback	p. 348
MATLAB Implementation	p. 349
Time Domain Operations	p. 350
The Fast Fourier Transform	p. 359
Frequency Domain Operations	p. 364
Engineering Example-Oil Rig Structural Integrity	p. 371
Numerical Methods	p. 379
Interpolation	p. 380
Curve Fitting	p. 384
Numerical Integration	p. 390
Numerical Differentiation	p. 394
Engineering Example-Analyzing Rocket Data	p. 397
Engineering Example-Cleaning up Images	p. 402
Sorting	p. 411
Measuring Algorithm Cost	p. 412
Algorithms for Sorting Data	p. 415
Performance Analysis	p. 425
Applications of Sorting Algorithms	p. 426
Engineering Examples-A Selection of Countries	p. 430
Searching Graphs (online)
Object-Oriented Programming (online)
Linked Lists (online)
Binary Trees (online)
N-ary Trees and Graphs (online)
The Cost of Computing (online)
Appendices
MATLAB Special Characters, Reserved Words, and Symbols A-I
The ASCII Character Set B-I
Internal Number Representation C-I
Web Reference Materials (online)
Answers to True or False and Fill in the Blanks (online)
Index I-I
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