Description
MATLAB for Engineering Applications is a simple, concise book designed to be useful for beginners and to be kept as a reference. MATLAB is a globally available standard computational tool for engineers and scientists. The terminology, syntax, and the use of the programming language are well defined, and the organization of the material makes it easy to locate information and navigate through the textbook. The text covers all the major capabilities of MATLAB that are useful for beginning students. The text consists of 11 chapters. The first five chapters constitute a basic course in MATLAB. The remaining six chapters are independent of each other and cover more advanced applications of MATLAB, the Control Systems tool- box, Simulink, and the Symbolic Math toolbox.

MATLAB for Engineering Applications provides a basis for learning the fundamental principles of programming. MATLAB is a globally-available, standard computational tool for engineers and scientists, and the text employs a variety of examples to show how to use MATLAB in such applications. It has been fully updated and covers the latest features of MATLAB, including Simulink and the Symbolic Math toolbox. Specifically, Chapter 5 covers new functions for generating surface and contour plots of 3-D implicit functions and a new section has been added to Chapter 10 that shows how to use Simulink to design control systems for robotics applications

among many other additions and updates. The terminology. syntax. and use of the programming language are well defined, and the organization of the material makes it easy to locate information and to navigate throughout the text.