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In recent years, with the introduction of new media products, there has been a shift in the use of programming languages from FORTRAN or C to MATLAB for implementing numerical methods. This book makes use of the powerful MATLAB software to avoid complex derivations, and to teach the fundamental concepts using the software to solve practical problems. Over the years, many textbooks have been written on the subject of numerical methods. Based on their course experience, the authors use a more practical approach and link every method to real engineering and/or science problems. The main idea is that engineers don't have to know the mathematical theory in order to apply the numerical methods for solving their real-life problems.

Índice: Preface. Chapter 1. MATLAB Usage and Computational Errors 1.1 Basic Operations of MATLAB 1.1-1 Input/Output of Data from MATLAB Command Window 1.1-2 Input/Output of Data through Files 1.1-3 Input/Output of Data using Keyboard 1.1-4 2-D Graphic Input/Output 1.1-5 3-D Graphic Output 1.1-6 Mathematical Functions1 1.1-7 Operations on Vectors and Matrices 1.1-8 Random Number Generators 1.1-9 Flow Control 1.2 Computer Errors vs. Human Mistakes 1.2-1 IEEE 64-bit Floating-Point Number Representation 1.2-2 Various Kinds of Computing Errors 1.2-3 Absolute/Relative Computing Errors 1.2-4 Error Propagation 1.2-5 Tips... Etc.