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Syllabus: With MATLAB. It Is Divided Into The Following 8 Weekly Modules

This document outlines an 8-week course on computer programming with MATLAB. The course is divided into weekly modules that cover topics such as the MATLAB interface, matrices and operators, functions, programming tools, selection, loops, data types, and file input/output. Each week focuses on a different aspect of programming with MATLAB and teaches concepts such as defining matrices, using functions, writing conditional statements and loops, handling different data types, and reading/writing files.

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Syllabus: With MATLAB. It Is Divided Into The Following 8 Weekly Modules

This document outlines an 8-week course on computer programming with MATLAB. The course is divided into weekly modules that cover topics such as the MATLAB interface, matrices and operators, functions, programming tools, selection, loops, data types, and file input/output. Each week focuses on a different aspect of programming with MATLAB and teaches concepts such as defining matrices, using functions, writing conditional statements and loops, handling different data types, and reading/writing files.

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The course is based on a video series developed at Vanderbilt University, named Computer Programming
with MATLAB. It is divided into the following 8 weekly modules:
Week 1: Introduction to MATLAB
We will learn how to start MATLAB and will familiarize ourselves with its user interface. We will learn how to
use MATLAB as a sophisticated calculator. We will learn about syntax and semantics. We will see ways in
which MATLAB provides help. Finally, we will learn how to create plots in MATLAB.
Week 2: Matrices and Operators
The basic unit with which we work in MATLAB is the matrix. We solve problems by manipulating matrices,
and operators are the primary means by which we manipulate them. We will learn how to define matrices,
extract parts of them and combine them to form new matrices. We will learn how to use operators to add,
subtract, multiply, and divide matrices, and we will learn that there are several different types
of multiplication and division. Finally, we will learn MATLABs rules for determining the order in which
operators are carried out when more than one of them appear in the same expression.
Week 3: Functions
Functions let us break up complex problems into smaller, more manageable parts. We will learn how
functions let us create reusable software components that can be applied in many different programs. We
will learn how the environment inside a function is separated from the outside via a well defined interface
through which it communicates with that outside world. We will learn how to define a function to allow input
to it when it initiates its execution and output from it when it is done.
Week 4: Programmers Toolbox
MATLAB has useful built-in functions and we will explore many of them in this section. We will learn
about polymorphism and how MATLAB exploits it to change a function's behavior on the basis of the
number and type of its inputs. Because random numbers play an important role in computer
programming, we will learn how to use the MATLAB random number generator. We will learn how to
get input from the keyboard, how to print to the Command Window, and how to plot graphs in a Figure
window. Finally, we will learn how to find programming errors with the help of the debugger.
Week 5: Selection
Selection is the means by which MATLAB makes decisions about the order in which it executes its
statements. We will learn how to use the if-statement, which is the most important method of selection. We
will learn how to use relational operators and logical operators. We will learn how to write polymorphic
functions and how to make functions resistant to error.
Week 6: Loops
Loops give computers their power. We will learn how to use both of MATLAB's loop constructs: the for-loop
and the while-loop. We will learn how the break-statement works, and we will use nested loops. We will
learn how to make loops more efficient. We will learn about logical indexing and will see how to use it to
produce implicit loops that are efficient and easy for a user to understand.

Week 7: Data Types


Computers operate on bits, but humans think in terms of numbers, words, and other types of data. Like any
good language, MATLAB organizes bits into convenient data types. We will study those types in this
section. We will learn that there are ten types of numbers and that there are conversion functions to change
one type into another. We will learn much more about strings and how the characters in them are encoded
as numbers. We will learn how to produce heterogeneous collections of data via structs and cells.
Week 8: File Input/Output
Files are named areas in permanent memory for storing data that can be used as input or output to
MATLAB and to other programs. We will be introduced to MATLABs most important methods for reading
and writing files. We will learn how to create, read from, and write into MAT-files, Excel files, text files, and
binary files. We will learn how to navigate among folders with MATLAB commands.

Created Mon 25 Feb 2013 8:18 PM PET


Last Modified Fri 10 Apr 2015 3:49 PM PET

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