Little Bits of MATLAB

© 1989--1994 James H. McClellan.
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• Contents
• Introduction
  • New Features in Version 4
    • Comment
• Essentials of Operating MATLAB
  • Overview of Basic Capabilities
  • Quick Startup
    • Command Line Recall
    • Shell Escape
    • Demonstrations
    • Help
  • Three Windows
    • Differences in PC vs. UNIX vs. Mac
  • Data, Variables, and Expressions
    • Constructing Matrices
    • The Data Workspace
      • Saving the Workspace
      • Garbage Collection
    • Row & Column Vectors
    • Formatting Numbers
    • Complex Numbers in Matrices
    • The Colon : Operator
      • Creating Regular Matrices
      • Selecting Subscripts
      • Running Loops
      • Storage Order of Matrix Elements
    • Special Constants
    • Text Strings
  • Plotting Graphs
    • 1-D Plotting
      • Polar Coordinates
    • Horizontal Scaling and Labeling
      • Multiple Plots Per Graph
    • Two-Dimensional Plotting
    • Multiple Plots Per Page
    • Controlling the Graphics
  • User Interface
    • Disk Files
      • Memory Limitations
    • Importing and Exporting Data
      • Version 4 Changes
    • Diary: Recording a User's Session
• Vectors, Vectors, Everywhere
  • Matrix and Array Operations
    • Matrix Operations
    • Simultaneous Linear Equations
    • Element-by-Element Array Operations
    • Relational and Logical Operators
    • Scalar Math Functions
      • Special Functions
    • Quantization Functions
    • Vector Math Functions
    • Matrix Functions & Decompositions
    • Outer Products
    • SubMatrices
    • Empty Matrices
    • Special Matrices
    • Advanced Numerical Functions
• Programming in MATLAB
  • Editing ASCII M-file s
  • Creating Your Own Scripts
  • Creating Your Own Functions
    • Programming Primitives
    • Avoid FOR Loops
      • Repeating Rows or Columns
    • Vectorizing Logical Operations
      • Exercise
      • Creating an Impulse
      • The Find Function
      • Seek to Vectorize
    • Composition of Functions
    • Programming Style
  • The COLON Operator
  • Debugging an M-file
    • Version 4 Debugger
    • Timing Loops and Functions
  • Programming Tips
    • Avoid FOR Loops
    • Vectorize
      • Repeating Rows or Columns
      • Vector Logicals
      • Vectorize a CLIP function
    • The COLON Operator
    • Matrix Operations
    • Signal Matrix Convention
    • Polynomials
    • Self-Documentation via HELP
• Signal Processing in MATLAB
  • MATLAB Signal Processing Tool Box
    • Version 3 of SP Toolbox
    • Signal Vector Convention
    • Signal Matrix Convention
  • Polynomials in Signals & Systems
  • Important Functions for DSP
    • Spectrum Analysis: fft & freqz
    • A DTFT Function
    • Frequency Response: Rational Form
    • Windows
    • filter
    • Filter Design
      • Band Edge Frequency Scaling
      • Filter Design Steps
      • Need a Detailed Example
      • Need a Filter Design Exercise
      • IIR Filter Design
      • FIR Filter Design
    • Statistical Signal Processing Functions
    • Advanced DSP Functions
    • Miscellaneous Utility Functions
• Control Toolbox
  • Feedback System
    • Transfer Functions
    • Partial Fractions
  • State-Space Representation
    • Multi-Input, Multi-Output
    • Transfer Functions from State-Space
    • Conversion Between Forms
    • Digital Control
  • Time-Domain Response: Continuous-Time
    • Simulated Response of Differential Equation
    • Step Response
    • Impulse Response
    • Ramp Response
  • Time-Domain Response: Discrete-Time
    • Digital Filtering
    • Step Response
    • Impulse Response
  • Frequency Response
    • Bode Plots
  • Nyquist Plots
  • Root Locus
    • Stability Tests
  • Linear Quadratic State Estimation
  • Optimization Toolbox
    • Least-Squares Inverse
    • FMINS
    • Non-Linear Minimization
    • Non-negative Least-Squares
    • Linear Programming
• Symbolic Toolbox
• Quick Reference Guide
  • Summary of Available Help Screens
  • Summary of Frequently Used Commands
  • Help Screens for Frequently Used Commands
• MATLAB Commands by Function
• Signal Processing Functions by Group
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