Recap
You should be familiar with accessing your course in UNSW Moodle, and the School of Mathematics and Statistics computing facilities in the Red Centre: on the ground floor RC-G012 and the mezzanine level RC-M020. You login using your UNSW zID (z followed by your student number) and your zPass.What is MATLAB
MATLAB is a high-performance language for technical computing, integrating computation, visualisation, and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. Typical uses include
- Mathematics and computation;
- Algorithm development;
- Data acquisition;
- Modelling, simulation, and prototyping;
- Data analysis, exploration, and visualisation;
- Scientific, engineering and financial graphics;
- Application development, including graphical user interface building.
MATLAB is used across a wide range of application areas covering engineering, science and business/finance.
Objectives
The aim of this module is to make you familiar with the MATLAB environment.
What you should know by the end of this module:
- How to start MATLAB on either a Linux or Windows computer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics computer laboratories in the Red Centre;
- the MATLAB command window and the other MATLAB windows;
- how to get help within MATLAB;
- how to create or open a file in the MATLAB editor.
Instructions
Work your way through the pages of this lesson using the links in the blue bar above or at the bottom of each page. You should do them in order initially but you can return to any of them when you need to refresh your memory. You can print the pages by using the printable copy icon in the Resources menu bar to the right.
Hint: Have these lessons open in a web browser and MATLAB open in another window so you can try all the examples as you work through the lessons.
It is recommended that you attempt the self-test exercises that you will find on each page.
At the end of the modules there is a quiz. The quiz for this lesson contains a declaration
which must be completed before you will gain access to quizzes for the other lessons.
For further information on the topics covered in this module, read section 1 of the Introduction to MATLAB notes.