MATLAB Demystified

by David McMahon

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Need to Learn MATLAB? Problem SOLVED! Get started using MATLAB right away with help from this hands-on guide. MATLAB Demystified offers an effective and enlightening method for learning how to get the most out this powerful computational mathematics tool. Using an easy-to-follow format, this book explains the basics of MATLAB up front. You'll find out how to plot functions, solve algebraic equations, and compute integrals. You'll also learn how to solve differential equations, generate numerical solutions of ODEs, and work with special functions. Packed with hundreds of sample equations and explained solutions, and featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam, this book will teach you MATLAB essentials in no time at all. Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced user, MATLAB Demystified is your shortcut to computational precision.

336 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published April 6, 2007

Reviews

[Denny Barrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I purchased this book to help with a coding project for DE. I really only needed some help with syntax, and I was able to make everything work with this book as reference material. The scope is rather small but MatLab is a huge program capable of more commands than one could expect to read about in a book of this size. I did appreciate the examples and explanations of syntax although there were some significant errors present even in the code blocks!.

[Aathavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read. Scope is very elementary. There are many typos and inconsistencies that can be a distraction. Would make more sense to a physicist/engineer with prior knowledge of special functions. The book could have also used a section on image analysis.

[Jukka Häkkinen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Etsiskelen Matlab-perusteita käsittelevää kirjaa kurssilleni, mutta tämä se ei ainakaan ole. Kirjan esimerkit tuntuvat etenevän satunnaisessa järjestyksessä ja esimerkeissä käytettäviä komentoja ja muuttujia jätetään toistuvasti selittämättä. Esimerkeissä on myös liikaa painovirheitä, muutama todella paha jopa, joista voisin kuvitella, että aloittelija ei pääse eteenpäin. On esimerkiksi pedagogisesti aika kummallista laittaa heti alkupuolelle esimerkki, jossa lasketaan kompleksiluvuilla, mutta sitten kun näissä esimerkeissä on vielä virheitä, niin menee todella haasteelliseksi aloittelijan kannalta.

Kyllähän tämän avulla Matlabia oppii, mutta rakennetta ei ole turhan paljon mietitty eikä ole riittävästi jaksettu viimeistellä esimerkkejä. Ei myöskään ole vaivauduttu selittämään oikeastaan mitään, siis esimerkiksi millaisia muuttujia voi olla, tai minkälainen se matriisi oikeasti on tms.

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read and did the "quizzes" for Chapters 1-9 (up to page 219) for a graduate class. The information is good but the book is rife with typos. And not grammatical errors or spelling problems, but typos in the MATLAB coding syntax, which rather defeats the purpose of the text.

The book could also benefit from a chart with commands and their syntax.

Useful as a refresher for MATLAB, but only for those who are critical readers and understand something about the science used as examples.