Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists - Softcover

Valentine, Daniel T.; Hahn, Brian H.

  • 3.82 out of 5 stars
    49 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780081008775: Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0081008775 ISBN 13: 9780081008775
Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, Sixth Edition, provides a concise, balanced overview of MATLAB's functionality that facilitates independent learning, with coverage of both the fundamentals and applications. The essentials of MATLAB are illustrated throughout, featuring complete coverage of the software's windows and menus. Program design and algorithm development are presented clearly and intuitively, along with many examples from a wide range of familiar scientific and engineering areas.

This updated edition includes the latest MATLAB versions through 2016a, and is an ideal book for a first course on MATLAB, or for an engineering problem-solving course using MATLAB, as well as a self-learning tutorial for professionals and students expected to learn and apply MATLAB.

  • Updated to include all the newer features through MATLAB R2016a
  • Includes new chapter on complex variables analysis
  • Presents a comparison of execution time between compiled and un-compiled code that includes examples
  • Describes the new H2 graphics features

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Authors

Daniel T. Valentine Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus and was Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York. He was also Affiliate Director of the Clarkson Space Grant Program of the New York NASA Space Grant Consortium, a program that provided support for undergraduate and graduate research. His Ph.D. degree is in fluid Mechanics from the Catholic University of America. His BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering are from Rutgers University. Dr. Valentine is also co-author of Aerodynamics for Engineering Students (Butterworth Heinemann).

Brian Hahn was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town. In his career, Brian wrote more than 10 books for teaching programming languages to beginners.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0081008775
ISBN 13 
9780081008775
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
6
Number of pages
428
Rating
  • 3.82 out of 5 stars
    49 ratings by Goodreads