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(More customer reviews)I have been using a copy of this reference since I got started with Matlab about a year and a half ago. It is very good for beginners who need to look up how to do general tasks such as write a function using variable arguments, perform plotting, or figure out how to shoe-horn a problem into Matlab that doesn't really seem to fit the Matlab paradigm of everything being a matrix. I also particularly like the chapter on using Matlab with Java. Of course, if you are a more advanced user, this book will seem too simplistic. Even now, though, it's the first book I go to when I have a question that does not involve one of the specialized Matlab toolboxes. The table of contents is not shown by Amazon, so I show it here for the purpose of completeness:
1 GETTING STARTED
Introduction; Typographical Conventions; What's New in MATLAB 7; What's in Mastering MATLAB 7
2 BASIC FEATURES
Simple Math; The MATLAB Workspace; About Variables; Comments, Punctuation, and Aborting Execution; Complex Numbers;Floating-Point Arithmetic;Mathematical Functions
3 THE MATLAB DESKTOP
MATLAB Windows; Managing the MATLAB Workspace; Memory Management; Number Display Formats; Keeping a Session Log;System Information; The MATLAB Search Path
4 SCRIPT M-FILES
Script M-file Use; Block Comments and Code Cells; Setting Execution Time; Startup and Finish
5 ARRAYS AND ARRAY OPERATIONS
Simple Arrays; Array Addressing or Indexing; Array Construction; Array Orientation; Scalar-Array Mathematics; Array-Array Mathematics; Standard Arrays; Array Manipulation; Array Sorting; Subarray Searching; Array Manipulation Functions; Array Size; Arrays and Memory Utilization
6 MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARRAYS
Array Construction; Array Mathematics and Manipulation; Array Size
7 NUMERIC DATA TYPES
Integer Data Types; Floating Point Data Types; Summary
8 CELL ARRAYS AND STRUCTURES
Cell Array Creation; Cell Array Manipulation; Retrieving Cell Array Content; Comma-Separated Lists; Cell Functions; Cell Arrays of Strings; Structure Creation; Structure Manipulation; Retrieving Structure Content; Comma-Separated Lists (Again); Structure Functions; Summary
9 CHARACTER STRINGS
String Construction; Numbers to Strings to Numbers; String Evaluation; String Functions; Cell Arrays of Strings; Searching Using Regular Expressions
10 RELATIONAL AND LOGICAL OPERATIONS
Relational Operators; Logical Operators; Operator Precedence; Relational and Logical Functions; NaNs and Empty Arrays
11 CONTROL FLOW
For Loops; While Loops; If-Else-End Constructions; Switch-Case Constructions; Try-Catch Blocks
12 FUNCTIONS
M-file Function Construction Rules; Input and Output Arguments; Function Workspaces; Functions and the MATLAB Search Path; Creating Your Own Toolbox; Command-Function Duality; Function Handles and Anonymous Functions; Nested Functions;
13 M-FILE DEBUGGING AND PROFILING
Debugging Tools; Syntax Checking and File Dependencies; Profiling M-files
14 FILE AND DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT
Native Data Files; Data Import and Export; Low-Level File I/O; Directory Management; FTP File Operations
15 SET, BIT, AND BASE FUNCTIONS
Set Functions; Bit Functions; Base Conversions
16 TIME COMPUTATIONS
Current Date and Time; Date Format Conversions; Date Functions; Timing Functions; Plot Labels
17 MATRIX ALGEBRA
Sets of Linear Equations; Matrix Functions; Special Matrices; Sparse Matrices; Sparse Matrix Functions
18 DATA ANALYSIS
Basic Statistical Analysis; Basic Data Analysis; Data Analysis and Statistical Functions
19 DATA INTERPOLATION
One-Dimensional Interpolation; Two-Dimensional Interpolation; Triangulation and Scattered Data; Summary
20 POLYNOMIALS
Roots; Multiplication; Addition; Division; Derivatives and Integrals; Evaluation; Rational Polynomials; Curve Fitting
21 CUBIC SPLINES
Basic Features; Piecewise Polynomials; Cubic Hermite Polynomials; Integration; Differentiation; Spline Interpolation on a Plane
22 FOURIER ANALYSIS
Discrete Fourier Transform; Fourier Series
23 OPTIMIZATION
Zero Finding; Minimization in One Dimension; Minimization in Higher Dimensions; Practical Issues
24 INTEGRATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
Integration; Differentiation
25 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
IVP Format; ODE Suite Solvers; Basic Use; Setting Options; BVPs, PDEs and DDEs
26 TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS
The plot Function; Linestyles, Markers, and Colors; Plot Grids, Axes Box, and Labels; Customizing Plot Axes; Multiple Plots; Multiple Figures; Subplots Interactive Plotting Tools; Screen Updates; Specialized 2-D Plots; Easy Plotting; Text Formatting; Summary
27 THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS
Line Plots; Scalar Functions of Two Variables; Mesh Plots; Surface Plots; Mesh and Surface Plots of Irregular Data; Changing Viewpoints; Camera Control; Contour Plots; Specialized 3-D Plots; Volume Visualization; Easy Plotting; Summary
28 USING COLOR AND LIGHT
Understanding Colormaps; Using Colormaps; Displaying Colormaps; Creating and Altering Colormaps; Using Color to Describe a Fourth Dimension; Lighting Models; Summary
29 IMAGES, MOVIES, AND SOUND
Images; Image Formats; Image Files; Movies; Image Utilities; Sound; Summary
30 PRINTING AND EXPORTING GRAPHICS
Printing and Exporting Using Menus; Command Line Printing and Exporting; Printers and Export File Formats; PostScript Support; Choosing a Renderer; Handle Graphics Properties; Setting Defaults; Summary
31 HANDLE GRAPHICS
Objects; Object Handles;Object Properties; get and set; Finding Objects; Selecting Objects with the Mouse; Position and Units; Default Properties; Common Properties Plot Objects Group Objects; Annotation Axes; Linking Objects; New Plots; Rendering Speed; Callbacks; M-file Examples; Summary
32 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
What's a GUI?; Predefined Dialog Boxes; M-file Dialog Boxes; Dialog Box Summary; GUI Object Hierarchy; GUI Creation Fundamentals; GUI Object Size and Position; Capturing Mouse Actions; The Event Queue; Callback Programming M-file Examples; GUIDE; Summary
33 MATLAB CLASSES AND OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Overloading; Class Creation; Subscripts; Converter Functions; Precedence, Inheritance, and Aggregation
34 MATLAB PROGRAMMING INTERFACES
Accessing MATLAB Arrays; Calling C or FORTRAN from MATLAB; Calling MATLAB from C or FORTRAN; Exchanging Data with MAT-files; Shared Libraries; Serial Communications; Source Code Control Systems; Summary
35 EXTENDING MATLAB WITH JAVA
Java Overview; Java Classes; Java Objects; Java Methods; Object Properties; Data Exchange; Java Arrays; Java Functions; Examples; Summary
36 WINDOWS APPLICATION INTEGRATION
COM Objects: Client/Server Communication; Dynamic Data Exchange; MATLAB Notebook; MATLAB COM-related Toolboxes; Summary
37 GETTING HELP
Command Window Help; The Help Browser; Internet Resources; Mastering MATLAB 7 Help; Summary
38 EXAMPLES, EXAMPLES, EXAMPLES
Vectorization; JIT-Acceleration; Up-Down Sequence; Vandermonde Matrix; Repeated Value Creation and Counting; Differential Sums; Structure Manipulation; Inverse Interpolation; Polynomial Fitting; Nonlinear Curve Fitting; Picture-in-a-Picture Zoom
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Mastering MATLAB 7 This book covers all essential aspects of MATLAB presented within an easy-to-follow "learn while doing" tutorial format. Discussees all new features of the latest release of MATLAB. Discusses integration of MATLAB with C, FORTRAN, AND Java; increases MATLAB's power and flexibility in dealing with external algorithms, datasets, and operating system capabilities. Offers thorough coverage of indexing, vectorizing, and linear algebra. Features abundant examples throughout and includes a chapter that specifically covers extensive examples. Includes a comprehensive index. A useful reference for engineers or anyone who uses MATLAB.
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