| This fifth edition extends the MATLAB Primer, representing the significant features introduced in MATLAB 5 and reflecting a dramatic change in the text . This pocket book serves as an excellent resource for students and engineers requiring a high-level introduction and handy reference to MATLAB 5, helping readers to learn efficiently and independently without having to delve through manuals. MATLAB integrates computation, visualization, and programming in a flexible, open environment - offering engineers and scientists an intuitive language for expressing problems and their solutions mathematically and graphically. Complex numerical problems can be solved in a fraction of the time required with other programming languages, such as FORTRAN or C. Updated by numerous members involved with product development at The MathWorks, this exceptional revision provides the student and user with a quick, accessible, hands-on guide to the latest version of MATLAB.
MATLAB, developed by The MathWorks, Inc., integrates computation, visualization, and programming in a
flexible, open environment. It offers engineers, scientists, and mathematicians an intuitive language for expressing
problems and their solutions mathematically and graphically. Complex numeric and symbolic problems
can be solved in a fraction of the time required with a programming language such as C, FORTRAN, or Java.
The purpose of this Primer is to help you begin to use MATLAB. It is not intended to be
a substitute for the online help facility or the MATLAB documentation (such as Getting Started with MATLAB
and Using MATLAB, available in printed form and online). The Primer can best be used hands-on. You are
encouraged to work at the computer as you read the Primer and freely experiment with the examples. This
Primer, along with the online help facility, usually suffices for students in a class requiring the use of MATLAB. |
