Table of Contents

Tutorial Introduction

Lesson 0: Introduction to MATLAB

• Starting MATLAB
• The Basic MATLAB User Interface
• The MATLAB Help Function
• Practice Using MATLAB-Plotting Functions
• Examples Exercises
• References

Lesson 1: Working with Numbers: Scalars and Vectors

• Scalar Input and Operations
• Using Built-in Functions
• Vector Input and Operations
• Another Plot Type-Quiver Plot
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 2: Working with Complex Numbers

• Complex Numbers
• Complex Number Input and Operations
• Plotting Complex Numbers
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 3: MATLAB Programming I – M-Files

• MATLAB M-Files
• Structure of M-Files
• Creating M-Files
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 4: Working with Matrices (draft)

• Matrix Assignment and Input
• Matrix Operators
• Matrix Functions
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 5: MATLAB Output

• Basic 2-D Plotting
• Using the Plotting GUI
• Basic 3-D Plotting
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 6: MATLAB Programming II – Program Flow & Control

• Introduction to Program Flow Control
• The IF Statement
• Looping Statements-FOR Statement
• Looping Statements-WHILE Statement
• Vectorization
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 7: Modifying MATLAB (draft)

• More on Built-in Functions
• Some Special Functions in MATLAB
• Basic Input and Output of Parameters
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 8: Working with Equations in MATLAB (draft)

• Solving Equations and Sources of Error
• Roots of Equations
• Curve Fitting
• Numerical Differentiation
• Numerical Integration
• Ordinary Differential Equations
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 9: Advanced MATLAB Input/Output (draft)

• Types of MATLAB Output
• Using the SAVE Command
• Formatting Output Strings
• Reading Data
• Examples and Exercises
• References

Lesson 10: The MATLAB Graphical User Interface (draft)

• Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design Issues
• GUI Creation Using GUIDE
• Testing and Debugging of GUIs
• Examples and Exercises
• References

A MATLAB Project: Putting it all together

Appendix 1: Common Functions

References