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Key Features


Presents programming concepts and MATLAB built-in functions side-by-side, giving students the ability to program efficiently and exploit the power of MATLAB to solve problems.

In depth coverage of file input/output, a topic essential for many engineering applications

Systematic, step-by-step approach, building on concepts throughout the book, facilitating easier learning

Sections on 'common pitfalls' and 'programming guidelines' direct students towards best practice


New to this edition:



More engineering applications help the reader learn Matlab in the context of solving technical problems
New and revised end of chapter problems
Stronger coverage of loops and vectorizing in a new chapter, chapter 5
Updated to reflect current features and functions of the current release of Matlab

Description

Assuming no knowledge of programming, this book presents both programming concepts and MATLAB's built-in functions, providing a perfect platform for exploiting MATLAB's extensive capabilities for tackling engineering problems. It starts with programming concepts such as variables, assignments, input/output, and selection statements, moves onto loops and then solves problems using both the 'programming concept' and the 'power of MATLAB' side-by-side. In-depth coverage is given to input/output, a topic that is fundamental to many engineering applications.

Ancillaries available with the text:

Instructor solution manual (available Aug. 1st)
electronic images from the text (available Aug 16th)
m-files (available Aug 1st)


Readership

Engineers learning to program and model in Matlab. Undergraduates in engineering and science taking a course that uses (or recommends) MATLAB.


Contents

I. Introduction to Programming Using MATLAB


Chapter 1: Introduction to MATLAB

1.1 Getting into MATLAB

1.2 The MATLAB Desktop Environment

1.3 Variables and Assignment Statements

1.4 Expressions

1.5 Characters and Encoding

1.6 Vectors and Matrices


Chapter 2: Introduction to MATLAB Programming

2.1 Algorithms

2.2 MATLAB Scripts

2.3 Input and Output

2.4 Scripts with Input and Output

2.5 Scripts to Produce and Customize Simple Plots

2.6 Introduction to File Input/Output (load and save)

2.7 User-defined Functions that return a single value


Chapter 3: Selection Statements

3.1 Relational Expressions

3.2 The if Statement

3.3 The if-else statement

3.4 Nested if-else statements

3.5 The switch statement

3.6 The menu function

3.7 The ´;is´; functions in MATLAB


Chapter 4: Loop Statements

4.1 The for Loop

4.2 Nested for Loops

4.3 While Loops


Chapter 5: Vectorized Code

5.1 Loops with Vectors and Matrices

5.2 Operations on Vectors and Matrices

5.3 Vectors and Matrices as Function Arguments

5.4 Logical Vectors

5.5 Vectorizing Code

5.6 Timing


Chapter 6: MATLAB Programs

6.1 More Types of User-Defined Functions

6.2 MATLAB Program Organization

6.3 Application: Menu-Driven Program

6.4 Variable Scope

6.5 Debugging Techniques


Chapter 7: String Manipulation

7.1 Creating String Variables

7.2 Operations on Strings

7.3 The ´;is´; functions for strings

7.4 Converting Between String and Number Types


Chapter 8: Data Structures: Cell Arrays and Structures

8.1 Cell Arrays

8.2 Structures


Chapter 9: Advanced File Input and Output

9.1 Lower-level File I/O Functions

9.2 Writing and Reading spreadsheet files

9.3 Using MAT-Files for Variables


Chapter 10: Advanced Functions

10.1 Anonymous Functions

10.2 Uses of Function Handles

10.3 Variable Number of Arguments

10.4 Nested Functions

10.5 Recursive Functions


II. Advanced Topics for Problem Solving with MATLAB


Chapter 11: Advanced Plotting Techniques

11.1 Plot Functions

11.2 Animation

11.3 Three-Dimensional Plots

11.4 Customizing Plots

11.5 Handle Graphics and Plot Properties

11.6 Plot Applications


Chapter 12: Matrix Representation of Linear Algebraic Equations

12.1 Matrix Definitions

12.2 Matrix Solutions to Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations


Chapter 13: Basic Statistics, Searching, Sets, Sorting, and Indexing

13.1 Statistical Functions

13.2 Set Operations

13.3 Sorting

13.4 Index Vectors

13.5 Searching


Chapter 14: Sights and Sounds

14.1 Sound Files

14.2 Image Processing

14.3 Introduction to Graphical User Interfaces


Chapter 15: Advanced Mathematics

15.1 Curve Fitting

15.2 Complex numbers

15.3 Symbolic Mathematics

15.4 Calculus: integration and differentiation



Author Information
By Stormy Attaway