For undergraduate and graduate courses in MATLAB or as a reference in courses where MATLAB is used. This text covers all essential aspects of MATLAB presented within an easy-to-follow 'learn while doing' tutorial format. All new features of the latest release of MATLAB are covered-Demonstrates how the new features can be used to increase productivity and do new things Discusses integration of MATLAB with C, FORTRAN, AND Java-Increases MATLAB's power and flexibility in dealing with external algorithms, datasets, and operating system capabilities Thorough coverage of indexing, vectorizing, and linear algebra - increases students' problem-solving productivity and dramatically increases algorithm speed Abundant examples throughout - Also includes a chapter that specifically covers extensive examples Comprehensive index