0-7506-8417-8Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann 9780750684170 0750684178 Mar-07 List Price: $41.95Paperback428 pages Our Price: $37.76 Numerous simple exercises give hands-on learning • A chapter on algorithm development and program design • Common errors and pitfalls highlighted • Concise introduction to useful topics for solving problems in later engineering and science courses: vectors as arrays, arrays of characters, GUIs, advanced graphics, simulation and numerical methods • A new chapter on dynamical systems shows how a structured approach is used to solve more complex problems. • Text and graphics in four colour • Extensive teacher support on http://textbooks.elsevier.com: solutions manual, extra problems, multiple choice questions, PowerPoint slides • Companion website for students providing M-files used within the book The essential guide to MATLAB as a problem solving tool This text presents MATLAB both as a mathematical tool and a programming language, giving a concise and easy to master introduction to its potential and power. Stressing the importance of a structured approach to problem solving, the text gives a step-by-step method for program design and algorithm development. The fundamentals of MATLAB are illustrated throughout with many examples from a wide range of familiar scientific and engineering areas, as well as from everyday life. Features: • Includes MATLAB Version 7.2, Release 2006a • Numerous simple exercises provide hands-on learning of MATLAB’s functions • A new chapter on dynamical systems shows how a structured approach is used to solve more complex problems. • Common errors and pitfalls highlighted • Concise introduction to useful topics for solving problems in later engineering and science courses: vectors as arrays, arrays of characters, GUIs, advanced graphics, simulation and numerical methods • Text and graphics in four colour • Extensive instructor support Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists is an ideal textbook for a first course on MATLAB or an engineering problem solving course using MATLAB, as well as a self-learning tutorial for students and professionals expected to learn and apply MATLAB for themselves. Additional material is available for lecturers only at http://textbooks.elsevier.com. This website provides lecturers with: A series of Powerpoint presentations to assist lecture preparation Extra quiz questions and problems Additional topic material M-files for the exercises and examples in the text (also available to students at the book’s companion site) Solutions to exercises An interview with the revising author, Daniel Valentine