An Introduction to MATLAB® Programming and Numerical Methods for Engineers

Develop your engineering skills in computer-based problem solving, while learning to program in MATLAB®.

Timmy Siauw (Author), Alexandre Bayen (Author)

9780124202283, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 9 June 2014

340 pages, 70 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.52 kg

"The book is well written and provides a very good introduction to the field of MATLAB programming and the basic numerical methods necessary for solving engineering problems.

Assuming no prior background in linear algebra or real analysis, An Introduction to MATLAB® Programming and Numerical Methods for Engineers enables you to develop good computational problem solving techniques through the use of numerical methods and the MATLAB® programming environment. Part One introduces fundamental programming concepts, using simple examples to put new concepts quickly into practice. Part Two covers the fundamentals of algorithms and numerical analysis at a level allowing you to quickly apply results in practical settings.

1. MATLAB® Basics
2. Variables and Basic Data Structures
3. Functions
4. Branching Statement
5. Iteration
6. Recursion
7. Complexity
8. Representation of Numbers
9. Errors, Good Practices, and Debugging
10. Visualization and Plotting
11. Linear Algebra and Systems of Linear Equations
12. Least Squares Regression
13. Interpolation
14. Series
15. Root Finding
16. Finite Differences and Numerical Differentiation
17. Numerical Integration
18. Ordinary Differential Equations

Subject Areas: Maths for engineers [TBJ], Engineering: general [TBC]