Mastering MATLAB 6

by Hanselman, Duane; Littlefield, Bruce R.

• ISBN13: 9780130194688
• ISBN10: 0130194689
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
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Summary

Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in MATLAB, or as a reference wherever MATLAB is used. This text covers all essential aspects of MATLAB presented within an easy-to-follow learn while doing tutorial format.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Getting Started	1	(4)
Introduction	1	(1)
Typographical Conventions	2	(1)
What's New in MATLAB 6	2	(1)
What's in Mastering Matlab 6	3	(2)
Basic Features	5	(16)
Simple Math	5	(2)
The MATLAB Workspace	7	(1)
About Variables	8	(2)
Comments, Punctuation, and Aborting Execution	10	(2)
Complex Numbers	12	(2)
Floating-Point Arithmetic	14	(1)
Mathematical Functions	15	(6)
The MATLAB Desktop	21	(10)
MATLAB Windows	22	(1)
Managing the MATLAB Workspace	22	(3)
Memory Management	25	(1)
Number Display Formats	25	(1)
Keeping a Session Log	26	(1)
System Information	27	(1)
The MATLAB Search Path	28	(3)
Script M-Files	31	(6)
Script M-file Use	31	(4)
Startup and Finish	35	(2)
Arrays and Array Operations	37	(48)
Simple Arrays	37	(1)
Array Addressing or Indexing	38	(2)
Array Construction	40	(3)
Array Orientation	43	(3)
Scalar-Array Mathematics	46	(1)
Array-Array Mathematics	47	(5)
Standard Arrays	52	(4)
Array Manipulation	56	(11)
Array Sorting	67	(2)
Subarray Searching	69	(5)
Array Manipulation Functions	74	(4)
Array Size	78	(2)
Arrays and Memory Utilization	80	(5)
Multidimensional Arrays	85	(16)
Array Construction	86	(3)
Array Mathematics and Manipulation	89	(8)
Array Size	97	(4)
Cell Arrays and Structures	101	(28)
Cell Array Creation	102	(3)
Cell Array Manipulation	105	(2)
Retrieving Cell Array Contents	107	(2)
Comma-Separated Lists	109	(3)
Cell Functions	112	(2)
Cell Arrays of Strings	114	(1)
Structure Creation	115	(4)
Structure Manipulation	119	(2)
Retrieving Structure Content	121	(1)
Comma-Separated Lists (Again)	122	(3)
Structure Functions	125	(4)
Character Strings	129	(22)
String Construction	129	(5)
Numbers to Strings to Numbers	134	(6)
String Evaluation	140	(3)
String Functions	143	(3)
Cell Arrays of Strings	146	(5)
Relational and Logical Operations	151	(12)
Relational Operators	152	(3)
Logical Operators	155	(1)
Operator Precedence	156	(1)
Relational and Logical Functions	157	(2)
NaNs and Empty Arrays	159	(4)
Control Flow	163	(12)
For Loops	163	(4)
While Loops	167	(1)
If-Else-End Constructions	168	(3)
Switch-Case Constructions	171	(1)
Try-Catch Blocks	172	(3)
Function M-Files	175	(20)
M-file Construction Rules	176	(2)
Input and Output Arguments	178	(3)
Function Workspaces	181	(5)
Functions and the Matlab Search Path	186	(2)
Creating Your Own Toolbox	188	(1)
Command-Function Duality	189	(1)
Function Evaluation Using feval	190	(5)
M-File Debugging and Profiling	195	(8)
Debugging Tools	195	(2)
File Dependencies	197	(2)
Profiling M-files	199	(4)
File and Directory Management	203	(12)
Native Data Files	203	(3)
Data Import and Export	206	(2)
Low-Level File I/O	208	(1)
Directory Management	209	(6)
Set, Bit, and Base Functions	215	(6)
Set Functions	215	(4)
Bit Functions	219	(1)
Base Conversions	220	(1)
Time Computations	221	(10)
Current Date and Time	221	(1)
Date Format Conversions	222	(3)
Date Functions	225	(1)
Timing Functions	226	(1)
Plot Labels	227	(4)
Matrix Algebra	231	(12)
Sets of Linear Equations	232	(3)
Matrix Functions	235	(2)
Special Matrices	237	(1)
Sparse Matrices	238	(2)
Sparse Matrix Functions	240	(3)
Data Analysis	243	(16)
Basic Statistical Analysis	244	(9)
Basic Data Analysis	253	(4)
Data Analysis and Statistical Functions	257	(2)
Data Interpolation	259	(16)
One-Dimensional Interpolation	259	(5)
Two-Dimensional Interpolation	264	(4)
Triangulation and Scattered Data	268	(5)
Summary	273	(2)
Polynomials	275	(10)
Roots	275	(1)
Multiplication	276	(1)
Addition	276	(2)
Division	278	(1)
Derivatives and Integrals	278	(1)
Evaluation	279	(1)
Rational Polynomials	279	(2)
Curve Fitting	281	(4)
Cubic Splines	285	(14)
Basic Features	285	(1)
Piecewise Polynomials	286	(3)
Cubic Hermite Polynomials	289	(2)
Integration	291	(2)
Differentiation	293	(2)
Spline Interpolation on a Plane	295	(4)
Fourier Analysis	299	(10)
Discrete Fourier Transform	300	(3)
Fourier Series	303	(6)
Optimization	309	(12)
Zero Finding	310	(4)
Minimization in One Dimension	314	(2)
Minimization in Higher Dimensions	316	(3)
Practical Issues	319	(2)
Integration and Differentiation	321	(12)
Integration	321	(5)
Differentiation	326	(7)
Differential Equations	333	(16)
IVP Format	334	(1)
ODE Suite Solvers	334	(2)
Basic Use	336	(4)
Setting Options	340	(6)
BVPs and PDEs	346	(3)
Two-Dimensional Graphics	349	(32)
The plot Function	349	(1)
Linestyles, Markers, and Colors	350	(3)
Plot Grids, Axes Box, and Labels	353	(2)
Customizing Plot Axes	355	(3)
Multiple Plots	358	(1)
Multiple Figures	359	(1)
Subplots	360	(1)
Interactive Plotting Tools	361	(2)
Screen Updates	363	(1)
Specialized 2-D Plots	363	(9)
Easy Plotting	372	(2)
Text Formatting	374	(3)
Summary	377	(4)
Three-Dimensional Graphics	381	(40)
Line Plots	381	(3)
Scalar Functions of Two Variables	384	(3)
Mesh Plots	387	(3)
Surface Plots	390	(6)
Mesh and Surface Plots of Irregular Data	396	(2)
Changing Viewpoints	398	(2)
Camera Control	400	(1)
Contour Plots	401	(4)
Specialized 3-D Plots	405	(4)
Volume Visualization	409	(6)
Easy Plotting	415	(1)
Summary	416	(5)
Using Color and Light	421	(16)
Understanding Colormaps	422	(1)
Using Colormaps	423	(1)
Displaying Colormaps	424	(2)
Creating and Altering Colormaps	426	(2)
Using Color to Describe a Fourth Dimension	428	(3)
Lighting Models	431	(3)
Summary	434	(3)
Images, Movies, and Sound	437	(12)
Images	437	(2)
Image Formats	439	(1)
Image Files	440	(3)
Movies	443	(1)
Image Utilities	444	(1)
Sound	445	(1)
Summary	446	(3)
Printing and Exporting Graphics	449	(14)
Printing and Exporting Using Menus	450	(2)
Command Line Printing and Exporting	452	(1)
Printers and Export File Formats	453	(3)
PostScript Support	456	(1)
Choosing a Renderer	457	(1)
Handle Graphics Properties	458	(3)
Setting Defaults	461	(1)
Summary	462	(1)
Handle Graphics	463	(32)
Objects	463	(1)
Object Handles	464	(2)
Object Properties	466	(1)
get and set	466	(8)
Finding Objects	474	(1)
Selecting Objects with the Mouse	475	(1)
Position and Units	476	(3)
Default Properties	479	(2)
Common Properties	481	(3)
New Plots	484	(1)
Rendering Speed	485	(1)
Callbacks	486	(1)
M-file Examples	487	(4)
Summary	491	(4)
Graphical User Interfaces	495	(26)
What's a GUI?	495	(1)
Who Should Create GUIs and Why?	496	(1)
GUI Object Hierarchy	497	(1)
Menus	497	(1)
Menu and Submenu Creation	498	(1)
Menu Properties	498	(2)
Menu Appearance	500	(1)
Contextual Menus	500	(1)
Controls	501	(1)
Control Properties	502	(2)
Control Styles	504	(3)
Control Size and Font Selection	507	(1)
Capturing Mouse Actions	507	(2)
The Event Queue	509	(1)
Callback Programming	510	(3)
M-file Examples	513	(4)
Guide	517	(1)
Summary	517	(4)
Dialog Boxes	521	(8)
File Selection	521	(3)
Color Selection	524	(1)
Font Selection	525	(1)
M-file Dialog Boxes	526	(2)
Summary	528	(1)
Matlab Classes and Object-Oriented Programming	529	(32)
Overloading	530	(7)
Class Creation	537	(12)
Subscripts	549	(9)
Converter Functions	558	(1)
Precedence, Inheritance, and Aggregation	559	(2)
Matlab Programming Interfaces	561	(42)
Accessing Matlab Arrays	562	(2)
Calling C or Fortran from Matlab	564	(19)
Calling Matlab from C or Fortran	583	(10)
Exchanging Data with MAT-files	593	(9)
Summary	602	(1)
Extending Matlab With Java	603	(38)
Java Overview	603	(2)
Java Classes	605	(1)
Java Objects	606	(2)
Java Methods	608	(2)
Objects Properties	610	(2)
Data Exchange	612	(3)
Java Arrays	615	(11)
Java Functions	626	(1)
Examples	627	(12)
Summary	639	(2)
Windows Application Integration	641	(24)
ActiveX: Client/Server Communication	642	(13)
Dynamic Data Exchange	655	(4)
Matlab Notebook	659	(4)
Summary	663	(2)
Getting Help	665	(6)
Command Window Help	665	(2)
The Help Browser	667	(1)
Internet Resources	668	(1)
Mastering Matlab 6 Help	668	(1)
Summary	668	(3)
Examples, Examples, Examples	671	(132)
Vectorization	671	(2)
Up-Down Sequence	673	(6)
Vandermonde Matrix	679	(6)
Repeated Value Creation and Counting	685	(11)
Circular Addressing	696	(7)
Indexing Array Segments	703	(6)
Vector Subdivision	709	(3)
Finding Indices	712	(8)
Differential Sums	720	(9)
Array Expansion	729	(5)
Structure Manipulation	734	(10)
Summary	744	(1)
APPENDICES
A: Common Handle Graphics Properties	745	(4)
B: Axes Object Properties	749	(8)
C: Figure Object Properties	757	(8)
D: Image Object Properties	765	(2)
E: Light Object Properties	767	(2)
F: Line Object Properties	769	(4)
G: Patch Object Properties	773	(6)
H: Rectangle Object Properties	779	(2)
I: Root Object Properties	781	(4)
J: Surface Object Properties	785	(6)
K: Text Object Properties	791	(4)
L: Uicontextmenu and Uimenu Object Properties	795	(4)
M: Uicontrol Object Properties	799	(4)
Index	803