MATLAB Guide, Second Edition

MATLAB is a modern programming language and problem solving environment: it has sophisticated data structures, contains built-in editing and debugging tools, and supports object-oriented programming. These factors make MATLAB an excellent language for teaching and a powerful tool for research and practical problem solving. Being interpreted, MATLAB inevitably suffers some loss of efficiency compared with compiled languages, but built-in performance acceleration techniques reduce the inefficiencies and users have the possibility of linking to compiled Fortran or C code using MEX files.This book has two purposes. First, it aims to give a lively introduction to the most popular features of MATLAB, covering all that most users will ever need to know. The second purpose of the book is to provide a compact reference for all MATLAB users. This Second Edition Of Matlab Guide Completely Revises And Updates The First Edition And Is More Than 30% Longer. The Book Remains A Lively, Concise Introduction To The Most Popular And Important Features Of Matlab And The Symbolic Math Toolbox.--book Jacket. 1. A Brief Tutorial -- 2. Basics -- 3. Distinctive Features Of Matlab -- 4. Arithmetic -- 5. Matrices -- 6. Operators And Flow Control -- 7. M-files -- 8. Graphics -- 9. Linear Algebra -- 10. More On Functions -- 11. Numerical Methods : Part I -- 12. Numerical Methods : Part Ii -- 13. Input And Output -- 14. Troubleshooting -- 15. Sparse Matrices -- 16. Further M-files -- 17. Handle Graphics -- 18. Other Data Types And Multidimensional Arrays -- 19. The Symbolic Math Toolbox -- 20. Optimizing M-files -- 21. Tricks And Tips -- 22. Case Studies -- A. The Top 111 Matlab Functions -- B. Changes In Matlab. Desmond J. Higham, Nicholas J. Higham. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 361-368) And Index. MATLAB is an interactive system for numerical computation that is widely used for teaching and research in industry and academia. It provides a modern programming language and problem solving environment, with powerful data structures, customizable graphics, and easy-to-use editing and debugging tools. This second edition of MATLAB Guide completely revises and updates the best-selling first edition and is more than 30% longer. The book remains a lively, concise introduction to the most popular and important features of MATLAB 7 and the Symbolic Math Toolbox.