A guide to MATLAB : for beginners and experienced users /

This book is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematics and technical computing that should be useful to both beginning and experienced users. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for us...

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Main Author: Hunt, Brian R.
Other Authors: Lipsman, Ronald L., Rosenberg, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Micah), 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Summary:This book is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematics and technical computing that should be useful to both beginning and experienced users. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for using MATLAB's programming features, graphical capabilities, and desktop interface. It also includes an introduction to SIMULINK, a companion to MATLAB for system simulation. Written for MATLAB 6, this book can also be used with earlier (and later) versions of MATLAB. Chapters contain worked-out examples of applications of MATLAB to interesting problems in mathematics, engineering, economics, and physics. In addition, it contains explicit instructions for using MATLAB's Microsoft Word interface to produce polished, integrated, interactive documents for reports, presentations, or on-line publishing.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xvii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0521803802
9780521803809
052100859X (pbk.)
9780521008594 (pbk.)