Synopses & Reviews
MATLAB is a high-level language and problem-solving environment used across all the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields and commonly adopted for use in colleges around the world. The computational tools within the software are powerful and can be easy to use with experience, but a comprehensive and easy-to-use manual is an essential introduction. MATLAB For Dummies is a painless introduction to one of the most popular software tools for numerical computation, visualization, and programming and will cover everything a student or new professional would need to get started.
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Part I: Quick Start
Chapter 1: Background, advantages, and what you can do on the command line.
Chapter 2: Windows, saving, and retrieving your work.
Chapter 3: Vectors, normal space, matrices, and hyperspace
Chapter 4: Typical graphs, plots, and charts
Chapter 5: Automating your work with scripts
Chapter 6: Inline and stored functions and the difference from scripts
Chapter 7: Interactive input, saving, and importing to and from other programs, printing, and web publishing
Chapter 8: Solving equations and finding roots
Part II: Digging Deeper
Chapter 9: Understanding MATLAB error messages and creating your own
Chapter 10: Control Structures
Chapter 11: Solving things symbolically plus numerical calculus and differential equations
Chapter 12: 3D plots, higher dimension plots, and animation
Chapter 13: Fine details of text output formatting
Chapter 14: Customizing and creating really fancy graphics
Appendix: A Command Reference
Index
Synopsis
Plot graphs, solve equations, and write code in a flash!If you work in a STEM field, chances are you'll be using MATLAB on a daily basis. MATLAB is a popular and powerful computational tool and this book provides everything you need to start manipulating and plotting your data. MATLAB has rapidly become the premier data tool, and MATLAB For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals. MATLAB For Dummies guides you through this complex computational language from installation to visualization to automation.
- Learn MATLAB's language fundamentals including syntax, operators, and data types
- Understand how to use the most important window in MATLAB – the Command Window
- Get the basics of linear algebra to get up and running with vectors, matrices, and hyperspace
- Automate your work with programming scripts and functions
- Plot graphs in 2D and 3D to visualize your data
- Includes a handy guide for MATLAB's functions and plotting routines
MATLAB is an essential part of the analysis arsenal and MATLAB For Dummies provides clear, thorough guidance to get the most out of your data.