To order this title, and for more information, click here Third Edition
By Brian Hahn, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa Dan Valentine, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University,US.
Description The essential guide to MATLAB as a problem solving tool
This text presents MATLAB both as a mathematical tool and a
programming language, giving a concise and easy to master introduction to its potential and power. Stressing the importance of a structured
approach to problem solving, the text gives a step-by-step method for program design and algorithm development. The fundamentals of MATLAB
are illustrated throughout with many examples from a wide range of familiar scientific and engineering areas, as well as from everyday
life.
Features:
– Numerous simple exercises provide hands-on learning of MATLAB?s functions – A new chapter on dynamical systems shows
how a structured approach is used to solve more complex problems. – Common errors and pitfalls highlighted – Concise introduction to
useful topics for solving problems in later engineering and science courses: vectors as arrays, arrays of characters, GUIs, advanced
graphics, simulation and numerical methods – Text and graphics in four colour – Extensive instructor support
Essential MATLAB
for Engineers and Scientists is an ideal textbook for a first course on MATLAB or an engineering problem solving course
using MATLAB, as well as a self-learning tutorial for students and professionals expected to learn and apply MATLAB for themselves.
Additional material is available for lecturers only at http://textbooks.elsevier.com .
This website provides lecturers with:
A series of Powerpoint presentations to assist lecture preparation
Extra quiz questions
and problems
Additional topic material
M-files for the exercises and examples in the text (also available to students
at the book?s companion site )
Solutions to exercises
An
interview with the revising author, Daniel Valentine
Audience
Undergraduates in engineering and science taking a course on Matlab
Contents Preface to the 3rd edition
PART 1 ESSENTIALS
1. Introduction
1.1 Using MATLAB
1.2 The MATLAB desktop
1.3 Sample program
2. MATLAB
Fundamentals
2.1 Variables and the workspace
2.2 Arrays: vectors and matrices
2.3 Vertical motion under gravity
2.4 Operators, expressions
and statements
2.5 Output
2.6 Repeating with for
2.7 Decisions
2.8 Complex numbers
2.9 More on input and output
2.10 Odds 'n ends
2.11 Programming style
3. Program Design and Algorithm Development
3.1 Computer program design process
3.2 Other examples of structure
plans
3.3 Structured programming with functions
4. MATLAB Functions & Data
4.1 Some common functions
4.2 Importing and exporting
data
5. Logical Vectors
5.1 Examples
5.2 Logical operators
5.3 Subscripting with logical vectors
5.4 Logical functions
5.5 Logical
vectors instead of elseif ladders
6. Matrices of Numbers & Arrays of Strings
6.1 Matrices
6.2 Matrix operations
6.3 Other matrix
functions
6.4 Strings
6.5 Two-dimensional strings
6.6 eval and text macros
7. Introduction to Graphics
7.1 Basic 2-D graphs
7.2
3-D plots
8. Loops
8.1 Determinate repetition with for
8.2 Indeterminate repetition with while
9. Errors and Pitfalls
9.1 Syntax
errors
9.2 Pitfalls and Surprises
9.3 Errors in logic
9.4 Rounding error
9.5 Trapping and generating errors
10. Function M-Files
10.1 Some examples
10.2 Basic rules
10.3 Function handles
10.4 Command/function duality
10.5 Function name resolution
10.6 Debugging
M-files
10.7 Recursion
11. Vectors as Arrays & *Advanced Data Structures
11.1 Update processes
11.2 Frequencies, bar charts and
histograms
11.3 *Sorting
11.4 *Structures
11.5 *Cell arrays
11.6 *Classes and objects
12. More Graphics
12.1 Handle Graphics
12.2 Editing plots
12.3 Animation
12.4 Colour etc
12.5 Lighting and camera
12.6 Saving, printing and exporting graphs
13. Graphical
User Interfaces (GUIs)
13.1 Basic structure of a GUI
13.2 A first example: getting the time
13.3 Newton again
13.4 Axes on a GUI
13.5 Adding colour to a button
Part 2 APPLICATIONS
14. Dynamical Systems
14.1 Cantilever beam
14.2 Electric current
14.3 Free
fall
14.4 Projectile with friction
15. Simulation
15.1 Random number generation
15.2 Spinning coins
15.3 Rollig dice
15.4 Bacteria
division
15.5 A random walk
15.6 Traffic flow
15.7 Normal (Gaussian) random numbers
16. More Matrices
16.1 Leslie matrices: population
growth
16.2 Markov processes
16.3 Linear equations
16.4 Sparse matrices
17. Introduction to Numerical Methods
17.1 Equations
17.2
Integration
17.3 Numerical differentiation
17.4 First-order differential equations
17.5 Linear ordinary differential equations (LODEs)
17.6 Runge-Kutta methods
17.7 A partial differential equation
17.8 Other numerical methods
Appendix A: Syntax quick reference
Expressions
Function M-Files
Graphics
if and switch
for and while
Input/output
load/save
Vectors and matrices
Appendix B: Operators
Appendix C:
Command and functionquick reference
General purpose commands
Logical functions
Language constructs and debugging
Matrices and matrix
manipulation
Mathematical functions
Matrix functions
Data Analysis
Polynomial functions
Function functions
Sparse matrix functions
Character
string functions
File I/O functions
Graphics
Appendix D: ASCII Character Codes
Appendix E: Solutions to Selected Exercises
Books and book related electronic products are priced in US dollars (USD), euro (EUR), and Great Britain Pounds (GBP). USD prices apply to the Americas and Asia Pacific. EUR prices apply in Europe and the Middle East. GBP prices apply to the UK and all other countries.
Home | Elsevier Sites | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Feedback | Site Map | A Reed Elsevier Company