Physical Modeling with MATLAB
A Hands-on Guide to Computation and Simulation
Will be published approx. 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-7185-0100-3 (ISBN)
Description
A concise introduction to programming and modelling real world systems with MATLAB, a popular programming language for science and engineering. Unlike competing books which are often too mathematical and theoretical, this book by bestselling author Allen Downey is designed to be practical, with an emphasis on thinking about how to design and use models. Numerous exercises, sample code, and MATLAB Live Scripts (notebooks that include code, results, and explanatory text) help the reader develop the knowledge and skills necessary to work comfortably in MATLAB.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 177 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-7185-0100-3 (9781718501003)
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Person
Best-selling author Allen Downey is a professor with over 20 years of college-level teaching experience. He helped start Olin College, a new engineering school with the mission to create an innovative curriculum and to transform engineering education. Downey has written numerous books about programming including the best-selling Think Python, as well as several other titles that use computation to explain topics in math, science, and engineering. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Modeling and Simulation
Chapter 2: Scripts
Chapter 3: Loops
Chapter 4: Vectors
Chapter 5: Functions
Chapter 6: Conditionals
Chapter 7: Zero-finding
Chapter 8: Functions of Vectors
Chapter 9: Ordinary Differential Equations
Chapter 10: Systems of ODEs
Chapter 11: Second-order Systems
Chapter 12: Two-Dimensions
Chapter 13: Optimization
Chapter 14: Springs and Things
Chapter 15: Under the Hood
Index
Chapter 1: Modeling and Simulation
Chapter 2: Scripts
Chapter 3: Loops
Chapter 4: Vectors
Chapter 5: Functions
Chapter 6: Conditionals
Chapter 7: Zero-finding
Chapter 8: Functions of Vectors
Chapter 9: Ordinary Differential Equations
Chapter 10: Systems of ODEs
Chapter 11: Second-order Systems
Chapter 12: Two-Dimensions
Chapter 13: Optimization
Chapter 14: Springs and Things
Chapter 15: Under the Hood
Index