MATLAB Primer

by Kermit Sigmon, Kermit Sigmon

With the spread of the powerhouse MATLAB? software into nearly every area of math, science, and engineering, it is important to have a strong introduction to using the software. Updated for version 7.0, MATLAB? Primer, Seventh Edition offers such an introduction as well as a "pocketbook" reference for everyday users of the software. It offers an intuitive language for expressing problems and solutions both numerically and graphically.
The latest edition in this best-selling series, MATLAB? Primer, Seventh Edition incorporates a number of enhancements such as changes to the desktop, new features for developing M-files, the JIT accelerator, and an easier way of importing Java classes. In addition to the features new to version 7.0, this book includes:
A new section on M-Lint, the new debugger for M-files
A new chapter on calling Java from MATLAB and using Java objects inside the MATLAB workspace
A new chapter on calling Fortran from MATLAB
A new chapter on solving equations: symbolic and numeric polynomials, nonlinear equations, and differential equations
A new chapter on cell publishing, which replaces the "notebook" feature and allows the creation of Word, LaTeX, PowerPoint, and HTML documents with executable MATLAB commands and their outputs
Expanded Graphics coverage-including the 3D parametrically defined seashells on the front and back covers
Whether you are new to MATLAB, new to version 7.0, or simply in need of a hands-on, to-the-point reference, MATLAB? Primer provides the tools you need in a conveniently sized, economically priced pocketbook.

Genres: Economics

232 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2001

Reviews

[Alien Bookreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Writing this the day after my matlab exam. This book is very useful for beginners. If theres any coding language you need a book for, it’s matlab. Let me explain why:


This book explains in plain English, how to structure loops, how to use certain functions, etc. This is a sharp contrast to the matlab documentation which I feel is written in riddles that must be deciphered. It’s almost like a litmus test - only people who have the endurance to decipher the matlab jargon and the very mysteriously worded error messages can proceed.


Matlab, unlike other programming languages is not open source. There’s way less available online to trouble shoot and debug than for languages like python, Java, R. This is of course very frustrating. For python- any imaginable coding problem you can have has probably happened to someone else already, who posted about it on stack overflow and got a solution. Googling for matlab helps a little but there is way less out there for matlab than for other coding languages.

Matlab, being a closed, institution- only coding language, means there are less hobbyists doing it, less people learning it, posting about it. Getting a book about matlab will help you fill in the gaps in your knowledge, especially if you’re a beginner.

I also highly recommend using YouTube or finding a matlab tutor. When I learned R and python, googling was enough but with matlab you have to hunt down the answers to your questions. The information is scarce, so find it wherever you can.

This is a book for total matlab beginners, nothing advanced, just a good introduction to coding and using the matlab interface. It’s written in plain English, so you can actually make sense of matlab. Get it for yourself or the poor souls in your life who are for some reason, learning matlab.

[Russel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admit to having read through this skimmingly, but it was necessary. I kept on encountering Matlab in Engineering and had to help people or myself in accomplishing things in it. I liked that the book got to the point and didn't teach programming. It taught Matlab and quickly. That's what I enjoyed and needed.

[Brian Cham · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice and useful summary of Matlab for the beginner student. I found it quite helpful as a reference.