Getting Started With Matlab: Version 6: A Quick Introduction for Scientists an

· Gets you up and running with MATLAB® in just a few hours

· Features the latest release of MATLAB

· Thoroughly introduces the basics you need to get started

· Contains six self-guided lessons (Chapter 2)

· Covers useful advanced MATLAB functions (Chapters 3-8)

· Works as a handy stand-alone tutorial

· Supplements any text that uses MATLAB

· Includes numerous new problems and examples

MATLAB is one of the most widely used tools in the field of engineering today. Its broad appeal lies in its interactive environment with hundreds of built-in functions for technical computation, graphics, and animation. It provides easy extensibility with its own high-level programming language. Getting Started with MATLAB: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers uses a casual writing style, enhanced by fun and appealing illustrations, to quickly and pleasantly teach readers to enjoy using this high-performance computation and visualization software

CONTENTS

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Tutorial Lessons
Chapter 3. Interactive Computation
Chapter 4. Programming in MATLAB: Scripts and Functions
Chapter 5. Applications
Chapter 6. Graphics
Chapter 7. Errors
Chapter 8. What Else Is There?
Appendix: The MATLAB Language Reference
A.1. Punctuation Marks and Other Symbols
A.2. General-Purpose Commands
A.3. Special Variables and Constants
A.4. Language Constructs and Debugging
A.5. File I/O
A.6. Operators and Logical Functions
A.7. Math Functions
A.8. Matrices: Creation & Manipulation
A.9. Character String Functions
A.10. Graphics Functions
A.11. Applications Functions