Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Concise Introduction to Matlab is a simple, concise book designed to cover all the major capabilities of MATLAB that are useful for beginning students. Thorough coverage of Function handles, Anonymous functions, and Subfunctions. In addition, key applications including plotting, programming, statistics and model building are also all covered.

MATLAB is presently 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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. ix)
• Chapter 1 An Overview of MATLAB (p. 1)
• 1.1 MATLAB Interactive Sessions (p. 2)
• 1.2 Menus and the Toolbar (p. 13)
• 1.3 Arrays, Files, and Plots (p. 16)
• 1.4 Script Files and the Editor/Debugger (p. 23)
• 1.5 The MATLAB Help System (p. 28)
• 1.6 Summary (p. 31)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 32)
• Problems (p. 33)
• Chapter 2 Numeric, Cell, and Structure Arrays (p. 38)
• 2.1 One- and Two-Dimensional Numeric Arrays (p. 39)
• 2.2 Multidimensional Numeric Arrays (p. 49)
• 2.3 Element-by-Element Operations (p. 49)
• 2.4 Matrix Operations (p. 57)
• 2.5 Matrix Methods for Linear Equations (p. 69)
• 2.6 Polynomial Operations Using Arrays (p. 85)
• 2.7 Cell Arrays (p. 88)
• 2.8 Structure Arrays (p. 91)
• 2.9 Summary (p. 95)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 96)
• Problems (p. 96)
• Chapter 3 Functions and Files (p. 120)
• 3.1 Elementary Mathematical Functions (p. 120)
• 3.2 User-Defined Functions (p. 126)
• 3.3 Additional Function Topics (p. 137)
• 3.4 Working with Data Files (p. 145)
• 3.5 Summary (p. 147)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 147)
• Problems (p. 147)
• Chapter 4 Decision-Making Programs (p. 153)
• 4.1 Relational Operators and Logical Variables (p. 153)
• 4.2 Logical Operators and Functions (p. 156)
• 4.3 Conditional Statements (p. 163)
• 4.4 Loops (p. 170)
• 4.5 The switch Structure (p. 181)
• 4.6 Debugging MATLAB Programs (p. 184)
• 4.7 Summary (p. 187)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 188)
• Problems (p. 188)
• Chapter 5 Advanced Plotting and Model Building (p. 205)
• 5.1 xy Plotting Functions (p. 205)
• 5.2 Additional Commands and Plot Types (p. 211)
• 5.3 Interactive Plotting in MATLAB (p. 224)
• 5.4 Function Discovery (p. 230)
• 5.5 Regression (p. 237)
• 5.6 The Basic Fitting Interface (p. 247)
• 5.7 Three-Dimensional Plots (p. 250)
• 5.8 Summary (p. 255)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 255)
• Problems (p. 255)
• Chapter 6 Statistics, Probability, and Interpolation (p. 271)
• 6.1 Statistics and Histograms (p. 272)
• 6.2 The Normal Distribution (p. 277)
• 6.3 Random Number Generation (p. 283)
• 6.4 Interpolation (p. 289)
• 6.5 Summary (p. 298)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 299)
• Problems (p. 300)
• Chapter 7 Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equations (p. 305)
• 7.1 Numerical Integration (p. 306)
• 7.2 Numerical Differentiation (p. 313)
• 7.3 First-Order Differential Equations (p. 318)
• 7.4 Higher-Order Differential Equations (p. 325)
• 7.5 Special Methods for Linear Equations (p. 331)
• 7.6 Summary (p. 344)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 345)
• Problems (p. 346)
• Chapter 8 Symbolic Processing (p. 354)
• 8.1 Symbolic Expressions and Algebra (p. 355)
• 8.2 Algebraic and Transcendental Equations (p. 362)
• 8.3 Calculus (p. 365)
• 8.4 Differential Equations (p. 370)
• 8.5 Laplace Transforms (p. 374)
• 8.6 Symbolic Linear Algebra (p. 380)
• 8.7 Summary (p. 384)
• Key Terms with Page References (p. 384)
• Problems (p. 384)
• Appendix A Guide to Commands and Functions in This Text (p. 396)
• Appendix B References (p. 408)
• Answers to Selected Problems (p. 409)
• Index (p. 413)