Ch2 An Introduction to MATLAB.ppt

Ch2 An Introduction to MATLAB Introduction Basics on MATLAB 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview MATLAB (short for MATrix LABoratory) is a widely-used application software, which provides core mathematics and advanced graphical tools for data analysis, visualization, algorithm development and application development. It incorporates a high-level programming language which enables user to write application-specific programs and execute them at right time. Advantages Ease of use Platform independence Predefined functions Device-independent plotting Graphical user interface Matlab compiler for generating standalone executable Disadvantages As it is an interpreted language, the execution is relatively slow; costly 1.2 Development History 1980，the origin of MATLAB is an interface program to LINPACK and EISPACK. 1984, MathWorks is created and MATLAB 1.0 (DOS version) is introduced. 1992, MATLAB 4.0 introduced. 1997, Matlab 5.0 introduced. 2000，Version 6.0 (R12). ?…… 2004, Version 7.0 1.3 Installation of Matlab 6.0 General Requirements: CD-ROM Drive, Personal computer (Pentium above), 64M RAM (minimum), Hard Disk Space (500M), at lease 8-bit graphics display adapter (256 colors) Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000 operating system Netscape web browser or Internet Explorer Office 2000 (for the use of Notebook) Microsoft C or Borland C compiler 5.0 or above (for MEX file) Installation Run the installation program (Setup.exe) and follow the instructions step by step to complete the installation 1.4 Un-installation Run the Uninstaller (Start ? Program ? Matlab 6.1 ? Uninstaller) to uninstall the Matlab program from your computer. 1.5 The Working Environment Interactive computing and results display via command line A Demo to command line working mode 1.6 Documentation and help commands Matlab provides detailed online documentation. At the prompt of command window, type ‘help’,you got an introduction to the main topics of help file . help Type help and followed by