Interactive MATLAB® Tutorial

MATLAB essentials to help you complete your homework assignments

Thank you for registering for the MATLAB® tutorial. It is designed for students, but provides a basic MATLAB foundation that is helpful for professional users as well.

Start with the tutorial introduction, which will help you navigate the tutorial most efficiently. Next, view the on-ramp modules if you're new to MATLAB. If you're already familiar with MATLAB, jump to the modules that interest you most.

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Introduction to MATLAB Tutorials (5:38)
Directions for viewing modules and downloading the tutorial example files.

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MATLAB On-Ramp (approximately 30 minutes)

Learn the basics of MATLAB in the context of using it as a powerful graphical calculator.

Navigating the MATLAB Desktop (6:10)
Get comfortable with the MATLAB desktop environment

Using MATLAB as a Graphical Calculator (22:55)
Learn to use MATLAB as a powerful tool for solving problems and visualizing functions

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MATLAB for Problem Solving (approximately 60 minutes)

Using a case study, walk through the process of solving problems in MATLAB.

Using MATLAB to Solve Problems (2:13)
Explore a case study of using MATLAB to solve problems

Importing and Extracting Data (13:06)
Work with data in MATLAB – how to bring it in and manipulate it

Visualizing Data (10:55)
Better understand complex mathematical functions and data by visualizing it with MATLAB

Conducting Computational Analysis in MATLAB (12:33)
Analyze data through  MATLAB functions and computation

Fitting Data to a Curve (6:42)
Model your data to an equation and interpolate upon it in MATLAB

Writing MATLAB Programs (9:29)
Write your first MATLAB program (script M-file)

Publishing MATLAB Programs (8:01)
Communicate your work by publishing it as an HTML report, all from within MATLAB

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Tutorial Appendix

• Tutorial example files
• MATLAB & Simulink Student Version
• User community (MATLAB Central)
  • File Exchange
  • MATLAB Newsgroup
• Documentation
  • MATLAB documentation (main)
  • Data visualization functions
  • Programming control constructs
  • MATLAB program files (M-file scripts and functions)
  • MATLAB data files (MAT-files)
  • MATLAB search path
• Where to go from here
  • Demos and webinars
  • Function list for the most commonly used toolboxes
    • Control System Toolbox
    • Signal Processing Toolbox
    • Statistics Toolbox
    • Optimization Toolbox
    • Image Processing Toolbox
• MathWorks product overview