Mastering MATLAB

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Features

• Presents the tools students need to master the latest release of MATLAB. This text helps students increase their productivity by showing them how to use MATLAB’s capabilities and new features efficiently.

• Thorough coverage of indexing, vectorizing, and linear algebra. Increases students' problem-solving productivity and dramatically increases algorithm speed.

• Abundant examples throughout, including a chapter that specifically covers extensive examples. The material is generally presented in the
  form of examples that students can duplicate, by running MATLAB as they read the book.

• Comprehensive index.

• This text covers only topics that are of use to a general audience. The material presented generally applies to all computer platforms.

Description

Mastering MATLAB 8 covers the essential aspects of MATLAB presented in an easy- to-follow "learn while doing" tutorial format. It is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in MATLAB, as a reference in courses where MATLAB is used,  or as a self-study reference.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

1 Getting Started 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Typographical Conventions 1

1.3 What’s New in MATLAB 2

1.4 What’s in Mastering MATLAB 2

2.1 Simple Math 4

2.2 The MATLAB Workspace 6

2.3 About Variables 7

2.4 Comments, Punctuation, and Aborting Execution 10

2.5 Complex Numbers 12

2.6 Floating-Point Arithmetic 14

2.7 Mathematical Functions 16

3.1 MATLAB Windows 22

3.2 Managing the MATLAB Workspace 23

3.3 Memory Management 27

3.4 Number Display Formats 27

3.5 System Information 28

3.6 The MATLAB Search Path 30

4.1 Script M-file Use 31

4.2 Block Comments and Code Cells 35

4.3 Setting Execution Time 37

4.4 Startup and Finish 38

5.1 Simple Arrays 40

5.2 Array Addressing or Indexing 41

5.3 Array Construction 43

5.4 Array Orientation 46

5.5 Scalar—Array Mathematics 50

5.6 Array—Array Mathematics 50

5.7 Standard Arrays 57

5.8 Array Manipulation 61

5.9 Array Sorting 76

5.10 Subarray Searching 79

5.11 Array-Manipulation Functions 86

5.12 Array Size 92

5.13 Arrays and Memory Utilization 95

6.1 Array Construction 101

6.2 Array Mathematics and Manipulation 105

6.3 Array Size 116

7.1 Integer Data Types 119

7.2 Floating-Point Data Types 125

7.3 Summary 127

8.1 Cell Array Creation 130

8.2 Cell Array Manipulation 133

8.3 Retrieving Cell Array Content 135

8.4 Comma-Separated Lists 139

8.5 Cell Functions 143

8.6 Cell Arrays of Strings 146

8.7 Structure Creation 148

8.8 Structure Manipulation 153

8.9 Retrieving Structure Content 155

8.10 Comma-Separated Lists (Again) 157

8.11 Structure Functions 160

8.12 Summary 164

9.1 String Construction 165

9.2 Numbers to Strings to Numbers 171

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