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Getting Started with MATLAB 7: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) |  | Author: Rudra Pratap
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 106215
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0195179374
Dewey Decimal Number: 502.85
EAN: 9780195179378
ASIN: 0195179374
Publication Date: August 4, 2005
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Product Description
RG Familiarizes users with MATLAB in just a few hours though self-guided lessons RG Discusses new features and applications in MATLAB 7 RG Covers elementary, advanced, and special functions RG Includes numerous new examples and problems RG Supplements any course that uses MATLAB RG Works as a stand-alone tutorial and reference MATLAB, a software package for high-performance numerical computation and visualization, is one of the most widely used tools in engineering field today. Its broad appeal lies in its interactive environment with hundreds of built-in functions for technical computation, graphics, and animation. In addition, it provides easy extensibility with its own high-level programming language. Enhanced by fun and appealing illustrations,Getting Started with MATLAB 7: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers employs a casual, accessible writing style that shows users how to enjoy using MATLAB.
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 wonderful October 11, 2009
Weixing Chen
this book is very good,simple and useful.
only one thing need to mention, less examples
Great Primer for First-Timer July 9, 2009
Jamie Wilson (Logan, UT USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Learning Matlab can be a little tricky, especially for college students with little prior experience in programming. Getting Started With Matlab 7 helps tremendously to bring the reader up to speed. The author first introduces Matlab and has the reader doing several simple yet engaging exercises that helps one get oriented with how to run the program. Then, the author has the reader dig a little deeper and begin to do more substantial and impressive programming. There is a good section on creating and manipulating arrays, which was heaven-sent for myself personally. The book describes how to use Matlab to tackle mathimatical problems, such as solving ODE's, better than the help section in Matlab itself. Finally, there is a section on troubleshooting errors (always handy) and a little chapter talking about other packages that can be added on to Matlab.
There are a few quirks to this book. Sometimes the exercises require use of commands that have not been covered yet in the text, which is a little frustrating. However, this is a minor issue and actually can aid in the learning process. For this student, Getting Started With Matlab 7 has been a lifesaver. I have been able to understand a program that has always mystified me, while suffering little pain from the process.
Highly recommended! April 29, 2008
Peter Kattan (New York, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an introductory book to MATLAB. It covers the basics including programming. It also has a chapter on numerical methods. Both two-dimensioanl graphs and three dimensional graphs are also discussed. At the end of the book, the author provides a brief introduction to the Symbolic Math Toolbox. If you are just beginning to learn MATLAB, you may also want to check the book "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach".
... and the author has a good sense of humor too! November 27, 2007
penguin (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On top of all the positive comments here, I enjoyed the author's occasional jokes. They gave me a relief :)
Great Introduction April 16, 2007
Mark E. Pennell (Austin, TX United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this to be a well written, easy to comprehend introduction to MatLab programming. I had programs written and running within the first two hours of reading it. Makes a great quick reference as well.
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