,
, Preface
This book is on MATLAB, a programming language that has become very popular over
the years. As the title suggests this book is an advanced level guide to MATLAB with a
number of examples from science and engineering. There are a number of solved
problems from all areas of science and engineering to give enough practice to the reader.
We decided to write this book when we found that MATLAB is a language that is
extremely useful today. MATLAB integrates computation, visualization and programming
in a very user-friendly and easy-to-use environment. It is a high performance computer
language used for technical computing. This book is mainly aimed at those who already
know the language and would like to use MATLAB to solve advanced engineering
problems. Any professional involved in using MATLAB for problem solving can refer this
book. This book covers a wide range of topics. MATLAB is today a part of the curriculum
in most institutions and universities. It has become very important and useful software and
knowing how to use it can be extremely beneficial.
The past decade has seen a phenomenal rise in the use of MATLAB to solve and
understand science and engineering problems. MATLAB by MathWorks provides a
computational software environment for use in engineering, mathematics, statistics,
science and finance. MATLAB frequently releases updates and includes new features.
Here in this book we have tried to illustrate the advanced features of MATLAB. In an
earlier book on MATLAB for beginners, author S.N. Alam has already discussed the basic
features of MATLAB. This book covers a wide range of topics.
This book intends to present all the advanced features of MATLAB allowing the reader
to understand the true potential of MATLAB. We would request the reader to solve all the
examples in order to understand the true potential of MATLAB and this would give good
practice in writing MATLAB programs. The reader should also practice the several
functions available in MATLAB and try to write programs using these functions. This
would acquaint the reader with a number of inbuilt functions and features of MATLAB.
The text incorporates a large number of examples and illustrations. The twenty-five solved
problems included in chapter 10 are expected to give enough practice to the reader.
Any feedback and suggestion for improving the book is welcome. We hope this book
will help you learn and master MATLAB in a very short time!
Syed Nasimul Alam
Sanjib Islam
Saroj Kumar Patel
, Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the help and support of our colleagues and students. We are
indebted to the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
departments, NIT-Rourkela for providing all the support and inspiration for taking up this
challenge.
We would like to especially thank all our family members for the support they showed
and the inspiration and hope they gave without which completion of this work would not
have been possible.
We are indebted our teachers for introducing computer languages which are still etched
in our minds and always attract us to the programming languages.
This book covers a wide range of topics and it is a pleasure to acknowledge the help of
colleagues, friends and family who provided numerous help in several areas. The authors
welcome any suggestions from readers that could be incorporated in the future edition of
this book.
Syed Nasimul Alam
Sanjib Islam
Saroj Kumar Patel
, Preface
This book is on MATLAB, a programming language that has become very popular over
the years. As the title suggests this book is an advanced level guide to MATLAB with a
number of examples from science and engineering. There are a number of solved
problems from all areas of science and engineering to give enough practice to the reader.
We decided to write this book when we found that MATLAB is a language that is
extremely useful today. MATLAB integrates computation, visualization and programming
in a very user-friendly and easy-to-use environment. It is a high performance computer
language used for technical computing. This book is mainly aimed at those who already
know the language and would like to use MATLAB to solve advanced engineering
problems. Any professional involved in using MATLAB for problem solving can refer this
book. This book covers a wide range of topics. MATLAB is today a part of the curriculum
in most institutions and universities. It has become very important and useful software and
knowing how to use it can be extremely beneficial.
The past decade has seen a phenomenal rise in the use of MATLAB to solve and
understand science and engineering problems. MATLAB by MathWorks provides a
computational software environment for use in engineering, mathematics, statistics,
science and finance. MATLAB frequently releases updates and includes new features.
Here in this book we have tried to illustrate the advanced features of MATLAB. In an
earlier book on MATLAB for beginners, author S.N. Alam has already discussed the basic
features of MATLAB. This book covers a wide range of topics.
This book intends to present all the advanced features of MATLAB allowing the reader
to understand the true potential of MATLAB. We would request the reader to solve all the
examples in order to understand the true potential of MATLAB and this would give good
practice in writing MATLAB programs. The reader should also practice the several
functions available in MATLAB and try to write programs using these functions. This
would acquaint the reader with a number of inbuilt functions and features of MATLAB.
The text incorporates a large number of examples and illustrations. The twenty-five solved
problems included in chapter 10 are expected to give enough practice to the reader.
Any feedback and suggestion for improving the book is welcome. We hope this book
will help you learn and master MATLAB in a very short time!
Syed Nasimul Alam
Sanjib Islam
Saroj Kumar Patel
, Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the help and support of our colleagues and students. We are
indebted to the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
departments, NIT-Rourkela for providing all the support and inspiration for taking up this
challenge.
We would like to especially thank all our family members for the support they showed
and the inspiration and hope they gave without which completion of this work would not
have been possible.
We are indebted our teachers for introducing computer languages which are still etched
in our minds and always attract us to the programming languages.
This book covers a wide range of topics and it is a pleasure to acknowledge the help of
colleagues, friends and family who provided numerous help in several areas. The authors
welcome any suggestions from readers that could be incorporated in the future edition of
this book.
Syed Nasimul Alam
Sanjib Islam
Saroj Kumar Patel
