Key Features
- No programming experience necessary to learn MATLAB
- Examples with screenshots and plentiful exercises throughout help make MATLAB easy to understand
- Projects enable readers to write long MATLAB programs, and take the first step toward being a professional MATLAB programmer
Description
MATLAB By Example guides the reader through each step of writing MATLAB programs. The book assumes no previous programming experience on the part of the reader, and uses multiple examples in clear language to introduce concepts and practical tools. Straightforward and detailed instructions allow beginners to learn and develop their MATLAB skills quickly.
The book consists of ten chapters, discussing in detail the integrated development environment (IDE), scalars, vectors, arrays, adopting structured programming style using functions and recursive functions, control flow, debugging, profiling, and structures. A chapter also describes Symbolic Math Toolbox, teaching readers how to solve algebraic equations, differentiation, integration, differential equations, and Laplace and Fourier transforms. Containing hundreds of examples illustrated using screen shots, hundreds of exercises, and three projects, this book can be used to complement coursework or as a self-study book, and can be used as a textbook in universities, colleges and high schools.
Readership
Students and professionals in engineering and related fields who need to learn Matlab programming.
Matlab by Example, 1st Edition
Chapter 1: Matlab Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
1.1: Basics of Matlab Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
1.2: Creating Matlab Script Files
1.3: Matlab Editor - Cell Mode
Chapter 2: Scalars in Matlab
2.1: Creating and Naming Matlab Scalar Variables
2.2: Approximation of Numbers and Discrete Math Operations
2.3: Mathematical Expressions for Scalar Variables
2.4: Relational and Logical Operations for Scalar Variables
2.5: Complex Scalar Variables
Chapter 3: Vectors in Matlab
3.1: Creating Vectors
3.2: Relational and Logical Operations on Vectors
3.3: Accessing Elements in Vectors
3.4: Arithmetical Operations on Vectors
3.5: Plotting Vectors
3.6: Answers to Selected Exercises
Chapter 4: Arrays in Matlab
4.1: Creating Arrays
4.2: Relational and Logical Operations on Arrays
4.3: Accessing Elements in Arrays
4.4: Arithmetical Operations on Arrays
4.5: Plotting Arrays
Chapter 5: Matlab Functions
5.1: Introduction to Functions
5.2: Creating Matlab Functions
5.3: Scope of Matlab Variables in a Function
5.4: Answers to Selected Exercises
Chapter 6: Conditional Statements in Matlab
6.1: The Construction of an if Statement
6.2: The Construction of an if else Statement
6.3: The Construction of an if elseif else Statement
6.4: The Construction of a switch case Statement
Chapter 7: Loop Statements in Matlab
7.1: The Construction of a for Loop Statement
7.2: The Construction of Combined for and if Statements
7.3: The Construction of a while Loop Statement
7.4: Project 1: Conway’s Game of Life
7.5: Project 2: Conway’s Game of Life - Wrapped Edges
Chapter 8: Matlab Debugging, Profiling and Code Indentation
8.1: Matlab Debugging
8.2: Debugging Matlab Functions
8.3: Advanced Matlab Debugging Tools
8.4: The Matlab Profiler Tool
8.5: Matlab Code Indentation
Chapter 9: Structures in Matlab
9.1: Structures in Matlab
9.2: A Vector of Structures
9.3: Project: Fox and Rabbit Game
Chapter 10: Calculus in Matlab
10.1: Introduction to Symbolic Math Toolbox
10.2: Algebraic Equations
10.3: Differentiation and Integrations
10.4: Differential Equations
10.5: Fourier and Laplace Transforms
10.6: Answers to Selected Exercises
