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The MathWorks News & Notes - June 2007
MATLAB and Simulink Based Books
Financial Modeling and Analysis in Academia and Industry
Financial professionals are increasingly using MATLAB and applying engineering modeling and analysis techniques. This trend is reflected in financial and economics courses, which now apply MATLAB to topics such as option valuation, risk management, Monte Carlo simulation, and financial derivatives. Recent finance and economics texts include:
Business Economics and Finance with MATLAB, GIS, and Simulation Models
By Patrick L. Anderson
Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2005
ISBN 1-58488-348-0
Numerical Methods in Finance and Economics, 2e: A MATLAB Based Introduction
By Paolo Brandimarte
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006
ISBN 0-471-74503-0
Modeling Derivatives Applications in MATLAB, C++, and Excel
By Justin London
Prentice Hall, 2006
ISBN 0-13-196-259-0
Video Processing
MathWorks image processing tools provide a flexible analysis and design environment for restoring noisy or degraded images, enhancing images for improved intelligibility, extracting features, and analyzing textures and shapes. They also support a wide range of video processing applications. Recent video processing texts include:
Digital Image Processing with Application to Digital Cinema
By K.S. Thyagarajan
Focal Press, 2006
ISBN 0-240-80729-4
Multidimensional Signal, Image, and Video Processing and Coding
By John W. Woods
Academic Press, 2006
ISBN 0-12-088516-6
A Publishing Milestone: 1,000 Books
The first book that used MATLAB was published in the late 1980s. Today, thanks to the collaborative efforts of leading publishers and authors in academia and industry, there are now over 1,000 books based on MATLAB and Simulink. Initially focused on linear algebra or advanced research, these books now span a broad range of topics, including bioinformatics, embedded systems, image processing, and finance. They support every level, from freshman survey courses to professional reference.
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