Publisher's Synopsis
Suitable for modern numerical methods courses for third and fourth years of study. A good basic reference for postgraduates. Skillfully balancing rigor with practicality, this progressive and visually rich text on using MATLAB software explores how this modern and powerful computing technology can - in an elegant and efficient way - solve exacting and interesting problems that have application in science and industry. Encouraging systematic experimentation, it offers an extensive, hands-on study of MATLAB functions and exposes students to a wide range of numerical algorithms - including optimization and regression analysis with applications of symbolic methods - with full explanations of their fundamental principles and illustrations of their application.
