Matlab_Tools

Matlab Resources and Tools

Help for MATLAB Matrix Numeric Tools

(Links on this page are always under construction!)

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MATLAB Beginner Help:

Online Help:

1. Portland: MATLAB Hypertext Reference: (Click Here)
2. US Naval Academy: MATLAB Hypertext Tutorials: (Click Here), but see especially:

• MATLAB Quick Reference

1. MIT: MATLAB on Athena (AC-71): (Click Here), Thorough getting started page; recommended to me by Mathworks.
2. Indiana Stat/Math Center: MATLAB: (Click Here), Thorough getting started page and tutorial, how to use with Unix, plotting and more; recommended to me by Mathworks.
3. Florida: MATLAB Reference Documentation: (Click Here)
4. Gockenbach: MATLAB Practical Introduction: (Click Here for HTML) (Or Here for PostScript)
5. Kermit Sigmon, Intoduction MatLab,: (Click Here)
   free edition
   AEB Brasilian Space Agency.
6. Introduction Matlab: (Click Here)
7. Numerical Analysis Matlab: (Click Here)
8. CTM: Matlab Basics Tutorial: (Click Here)
9. Links2Go: VERY Long List of Matlab Links: (Click Here)
10. Open Directory: Long List of Matlab Links: (Click Here)

Offline and Source Help:

1. Kermit Sigmon (Editor) and Mathworks Staff, Matlab Primer , 5th Edition, CRC Press, June 1998, ISBN: 0849313058 (Amazon.com Price: $19.95);
2. MATLAB Student Version by MathWorks: (Click Here), Full featured Matlab version 5.3, with Simulink, Symbolic Math Toolbox and manuals. (Available in USA and Canada Only at $99us).
3. Student Edition of MATLAB 5.3 by Prentice/Hall: (Click Here), Full featured version of MATLAB but with limitation on matrix size, with Signal Processing, Control System, and Symbolic Math Toolboxes plus a MATLAB guide book. This version is different from the one above, so be sure to check out MathWorks’ Comparison page: (Click Here).

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• MATLAB Advanced Help and Tools (Mostly Public-Domain):

1 Automatic Differentiation:

• ADMAT – Automatic Differentiation toolbox for MATLAB for gradient, Jacobian or Hessian matrices.

2. Geometric Optics – Ray Tracing:

• GROLAB (Geometric Rays Optical Lab) MATLAB GUI: (Click Here)

3. Graphics:

• Matlab Graphics – Overview: (Click Here)

4. Interval Arithmetic:

• INTLAB – MATLAB Library for Interval Arithmetic Routines.

5. JAVA Matrix Packages:

• JAMA, Java Matrix Package.

6. Optimization:

• ELS (Efficient Line Search) and GLS (Global Line Search).
• MINQ – General Definite and Bound Constrained Indefinite Quadratic Programming.
• Multilevel Coordinate Search (MCS) for Global Optimization, using sequential quadratic programming.
• Locally Optimal Block Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient (LOBPCG) Method, for Large Symmetric Eigenproblems.
• TOMLAB Optimization Environment in MATLAB, with 65 numerically robust algorithms for linear, discrete, nonlinear, global optimization and constrained nonlinear parameter estimation.
• SDPpack: SemiDefinite Programming Package of MatLab Files: (Click Here for postscript copy)

(Remark: SDP Generalizes Linear Programming.)

7. PseudoSpectra:

• PseudoSpectra Gateway: (Click Here for great html gateway page), for example:
• PseudoSpectra QuickStart Using Downloadable MATLAB GUI: (Click Here for html page),
• PseudoSpectra and related Software: (Click Here for html page),

8. Signal Processing:

• WaveLab: Preview page (MatLab Compatible): (Click Here for html page),
  {Remark: Freeware, except for required MATLAB WaveLet Analysis Package, for Unix, Windows and Macs.}

9. MATLAB-Like Packages:

• Octave Matrix Laboratory : (Click Here), public domain MATLAB-like Matrix Laboratory.
• Scilab Home Page: (Click Here) (Free Scientific Software Package similar to MATLAB):

Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations in a user-friendly environment. It features:

• Matlab-like syntax.
• Stunning graphics (2d, 3d, animation).
• Open structure (easy interfacing with Fortran and C via online dynamic link).
• Linear Algebra (including sparse matrices, Kronecker form, ordered Schur,…).
• Control (Classical, LQG, H-infinity,…).
• Package for LMI (Linear Matrix Inequalities) optimization.
• Signal processing.
• Simulation (various ode’s, dassl,…).
• Optimization (differentiable and non-differentiable, LQ solver).
• Scicos, an interactive environment for modeling and simulation of hybrid systems.
• Metanet (network analysis and optimization).
• Symbolic capabilities through Maple interface.

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More MATLAB Texts:

1. Delores M. Etter, Engineering Problem Solving with MATLAB, Prentice Hall, 1993.
2. Walter Gander and Jiri Hrebicek, Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using Maple and MATLAB, Springer, 1995.
3. Curtis Gerald and Patrick Wheatley, Applied Numerical Analysis, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
   (MCS471 Numerical Text has MATLAB sections.)
4. Laurene Fausett, Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB, Prentice Hall, 1999.
5. George Lindfield and John Penny, Numerical Methods Using MATLAB, Prentice Hall, 2000.
6. Charles F. van Loan, Introduction to Scientific Computing: A Matrix-Vector Approach Using MATLAB, Prentice Hall, 1999.
7. Rudra Pratap, Getting Started with MATLAB, Saunders, 1996.
8. Search also www.Amazon.com on “MATLAB” for a large listing MATLAB related books.