MatLAB Programming

by Kuncicky, David

• ISBN13: 9780130351272
• ISBN10: 013035127X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
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ESource¿Prentice Hall's Engineering Source¿provides a comprehensive, customizable introductory engineering and computing library. Featuring over 25 modules and growing, ESource allows users to fully customize their books through the ESource website. Using the ESource online BookBuild system at www.prenhall.com/esource, users can view and select book chapters, change the sequence, instantly calculate the book's net (bookstore) price, request a free examination copy, and generate an ISBN for placing a bookstore order.The MATLAB System; The MATLAB Interactive Environment; The Programming Elements of MATLAB; Control Structures; Arrays and Matrix Operations; Plotting and Graphing; Procedural Abstraction; Recursion; Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming; and Software Development.For professionals in General Engineering or Computer Science fields.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(12)
1.1 Orientation to the Text	1	(2)
1.2 Typographic Conventions Used in the Text	3	(2)
1.3 Problem Solving and the Engineering Method	5	(3)
1.4 The MATLAB System	8	(2)
1.5 Introduction to Computing	10	(3)
2 THE MATLAB INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT	13	(27)
2.1 The MATLAB Desktop	13	(8)
2.2 Creating, Editing, and Saving Sessions	21	(3)
2.3 Importing and Exporting Data	24	(1)
2.4 Printing	25	(2)
2.5 Getting Help	27	(6)
2.6 Setting Preferences	33	(7)
3 THE PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS OF MATLAB	40	(26)
3.1 Introduction	40	(2)
3.2 Data Storage	42	(5)
3.3 Operators and Expressions	47	(8)
3.4 Names	55	(3)
3.5 Program Organization	58	(8)
4 CONTROL STRUCTURES	66	(25)
4.1 Introduction	66	(1)
4.2 Pseudocode	67	(1)
4.3 Flowcharts	67	(2)
4.4 Selection Statements	69	(7)
4.5 Repetition Statements	76	(15)
5 ARRAYS AND MATRIX OPERATIONS	91	(30)
5.1 The Primary MATLAB Data Structure	91	(1)
5.2 Entering Arrays and Matrices	92	(5)
5.3 Accessing and Manipulating Array Elements	97	(3)
5.4 Element-by-Element Array Operations	100	(3)
5.5 Binary Matrix Operations	103	(3)
5.6 Unary Matrix Operations	106	(4)
5.7 Multidimensional Arrays	110	(1)
5.8 Useful Array Functions	111	(10)
6 PLOTTING AND GRAPHING	121	(14)
6.1 Introduction	121	(1)
6.2 The plot Command	121	(2)
6.3 Using the Plot Editor	123	(1)
6.4 Line and Marker Styles	124	(2)
6.5 Labeling a Plot	126	(2)
6.6 Multiple Plots	128	(2)
6.7 Scaling a Plot	130	(5)
7 PROCEDURAL ABSTRACTION	135	(36)
7.1 The Procedural Paradigm	135	(2)
7.2 Defining and Using Functions	137	(6)
7.3 Types of Variables	143	(4)
7.4 Parameter Passing	147	(4)
7.5 Functions with Limited Scope	151	(4)
7.6 Name Resolution	155	(2)
7.7 Functions as Arguments	157	(14)
8 RECURSION	171	(11)
8.1 Introduction	171	(1)
8.2 A Simple Recursion Example	172	(1)
8.3 Stack-Based Explanation	173	(1)
8.4 Designing a Recursive Solution	174	(2)
8.5 Types of Recursion	176	(2)
8.6 When to Use Recursion	178	(4)
9 INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING	182	(20)
9.1 The Object-Oriented Paradigm	182	(1)
9.2 Object-Oriented Elements and Mechanisms	183	(4)
9.3 Defining Classes in MATLAB	187	(1)
9.4 Instantiating Objects in MATLAB	187	(1)
9.5 A Sample Class	187	(9)
9.6 Encapsulation	196	(6)
10 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT	202	(36)
10.1 Introduction	202	(1)
10.2 Software Reliability	203	(14)
10.3 Software Efficiency	217	(14)
10.4 Interfacing with Other languages	231	(7)
APPENDIX A THE ASCII CHARACTER SET	238	(1)
APPENDIX B COMPILERS AND INTERPRETERS	239	(2)
APPENDIX C MATLAB'S DATA STRUCTURES	241	(12)
C.1 Introduction	241	(1)
C.2 Characters and Strings	242	(1)
C.3 Numeric Types	242	(4)
C.4 Cell Array Type	246	(1)
C.5 Structure Array Type	246	(2)
C.6 Type Assignment and Checking	248	(2)
C.7 Review of Data Types	250	(3)
APPENDIX D THE MATLAB NOTEBOOK	253	(6)
D.1 Introduction	253	(1)
D.2 Configuring the Notebook	253	(1)
D.3 Creating an M-book	254	(1)
D.4 Using an M-book	255	(3)
D.5 Saving a MATLAB Notebook	258	(1)
APPENDIX E IMPORTING EXTERNAL DATA	259	(4)
E.1 Introduction	259	(1)
E.2 Importing Text Data	259	(2)
E.3 Importing Binary Data	261	(2)
INDEX	263

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