Fundamental Concepts of MATLAB Programming: From Learning the Basics to Solving a Problem with MATLAB

Table of contents :
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
Acknowledgements
Preface
Errata
Table of Contents
1. Basics of MATLAB
Objective
Introduction
Importance of MATLAB
The MATLAB interface
The Features of MATLAB
The MATLAB paradigm
Applications of MATLAB
The MATLAB setup
Some helpful screenshots
Command window
Current directory section
Workspace section
Command History section
Conclusion
Questions
2. Expressions and Basic Commands of MATLAB
Objective
Introduction
Expression checking
Valid expression
Invalid expression
Notations
The colon (:) notation
Comments
Basic commands
System commands
I/O commands
Conclusion
Questions
3. Data Types, Variables and Operators
Introduction
Type conversion
Variable
Some important commands
The clc command
The who command
The whos command
The clear command
Operators in MATLAB
Types of operators
The arithmetic operators
The relational operators
The logical operators
The bitwise operations
Set operations
Conclusion
Questions
4. Decision Control Statements
Objective
Introduction
Types of decision making
The if statements
Conclusion
Questions
5. Loops Control Statements
Objective
Introduction
Types of loops
The while loop
The for loop
The nested loop
The jumping statements
The break statement
The continue statement
Conclusion
Questions
6. Vectors
Objective
Introduction
Types of vectors
Row vectors
Column vectors
Accessing value from vector
Deletion of data from vector
Basic operations of vector
Addition of vectors
Row wise addition
Column wise addition
Addition of two vectors
Subtraction of vectors
Row wise subtraction
Column wise subtraction
Subtraction of two vectors
Multiplication of vectors
Row wise multiplication
Column wise multiplication
Multiplications of two vectors
Division of vectors
Row wise division
Column wise division
Appending of vectors
Types of append
Row wise appending
Column wise appending
Magnitude of vector
The dot product of a vector
Scalar operations of vectors
Transpose of vector
Conclusion
Questions
7. Matrix
Objective
Introduction
Accessing value from the matrix
Deletion of data from the matrix
Deleting a column in a matrix
Addition of matrices
Row wise addition
Column wise addition
Addition of two matrices
Subtraction of matrices
Row wise subtraction
Column wise subtraction
Subtraction of two matrices
Multiplication of matrices
Row wise multiplication
Column wise multiplication
Multiplications of two matrices
Division of matrices
Row wise division
Column wise division
Concatenation of matrices
Types of concatenation
Horizontal concatenation
Vertical concatenation
Identity and inverse of matrices
Identity
Inverse
Scalar operations of matrix
Determinant of matrix
Transpose of matrix
Conclusion
Questions
8. Arrays
Objective
Introduction
Why array?
Types of array
Declarations and initialization of an array
One dimensional array
Two dimensional array
Multi dimensional arrays
Predefined functions in an array
The zeros() function
The ones() function
The rand() function
The magic() function
The eye() function
Some other functions
Multi-dimensional arrays
Sorting of arrays
Simple sorting
Row wise sorting
Column wise sorting
Accessing data in cell arrays
Conclusion
Questions
9. Strings
Objective
Introduction
An array of character in rectangular form
Functions of strings
Arrays, functions for identifying parts of strings, find and replace substrings
Functions for string comparison
Some other functions
Conclusion
Questions
10. Functions
Objective
Introduction
Definition
Types of functions
Predefined function
Cell array functions
Structure functions
Histogram functions
Logical functions
Exponential and logarithmic functions
Hyperbolic functions
Complex functions
Statistical functions
Random number functions
Numeric functions
String functions
Numerical methods
Polynomial and regression functions
Interpolation functions
Root finding and minimization
Numerical integration functions
Numerical differentiation functions
Predefined input functions
User-defined function
Syntax of user-defined function
Conclusion
Questions
11. Data Import and Export
Objective
Introduction
Why Data Import?
Array format
Data format
Clipboard format
Low-level file I/O
Import text data files with low-level I/O
Outputting formatted data to a text file
Data export
Diary function
dlmwrite function
fprintf function
Conclusion
Questions
12. Plotting a Graph
Objective
Introduction
Definition
Types of plot
2D plot
3D plot
Types of 3D plots
Various commands and functions
The hold command
The line command
The view() function
Conclusion
Questions
13. Graphics
Objective
Introduction
Types of graphics objects
Composite graphics objects
Plot objects
Annotation objects
Group objects
Transforming objects
Object properties
Using the handle
Conclusion
Questions
14. Basic Algebra in MATLAB
Objective
Introduction
The solve( ) function
The root( ) function
The disp( ) function
Solving linear equations
Solving quadratic equations
Solving higher order equations
Expanding and collecting equations in MATLAB
Factorization and simplification of algebraic expressions in MATLAB
The calculus in MATLAB
Solving limits
Left and right sided limits
Differential formations
Basic rules of differential
Derivatives of logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions
Solution of higher order derivatives
Maxima and minima of a curve
The solution of differential equations
Integration
Indefinite integral using MATLAB
Definite integral using MATLAB
Calculations of polynomials
Roots of the polynomials
Polynomial curve fitting
Conclusion
Questions