MATLABä-the tremendously popular computation, numerical analysis, signal processing, data analysis, and graphical software package-allows virtually every scientist and engineer to make better and faster progress. As MATLAB's world-wide sales approach a half-million with an estimated four million users, it becomes a near necessity that professionals and students have a level of competence in its use. Until now, however, there has been no book that quickly and effectively introduces MATLAB's capabilities to new users and assists those with more experience down the path toward increasingly sophisticated work.
Basics of MATLAB and Beyond is just such a book. Its hands-on, tutorial approach gently takes new users by the hand and leads them to competence in all the fundamentals of MATLAB. Then, with equal effectiveness, it covers the advanced topics that lead to full, creative exploitation of MATLAB's awesome power. With this book, readers will:
Based on the latest 5.x release, Basics of MATLAB and Beyond supplies both novice and experienced users the tools they need to gain proficiency, increase productivity, and ultimately have more fun with MATLAB.
First Steps in MATLAB
Typing into MATLAB
Matrices
Basic Graphics
More Matrix Algebra
Basic Data Analysis
Graphics of Functions of Two Variables
M-Files
Data Files
Directories
Startup
Using MATLAB on Different Platforms
Log Scales
Curve Fitting-Matrix Division
Missing Data
Polar Plots
Fourier Transform
Power Spectrum
Sounds in MATLAB
Time-Frequency Analysis
Line Animation
SPTool
Handle Graphics
Demos
BEYOND THE BASICS
Sparse Arrays
Text Strings
Cell Arrays
Structures
Multidimensional Arrays
Saving and Loading Data
Handle Graphics
Axes Effects
Text in Graphics
Graphical user Interfaces
Printing Graphics
Irregular Grids
Three-Dimensional Modeling
MATLAB Programs and Debugging
Answers to Exercises
INDEX
pr>Catalog no. 2039
August 1999, c. 216 pp., 6x9
ISBN: 0-8493-2039-9
$39.95 / £XX.95
Short TOC
Biography
The author completed a Ph.D. in plasma physics at the Flinders University of South Australia in the days before MATLAB. Consequently, he knows how much time can be saved when you don’t have to write your own matrix inversion or polynomial evaluation routines in FORTRAN. His first exposure to MATLAB was at the Centre for Plasma Physics Research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale) in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he continued his research in plasma physics. On his return to Australia to take up a position with the Maritime Operations Division of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, he was given responsibility for research in the flow noise problem of towed sonar arrays. His current research interests include sonar signal processing and information displays. He has been largely responsible for the growth in the use of MATLAB in his division, and has conducted training courses in MATLAB.
