For many engineering tasks extensive computations or visualizations are required. The well established Matlab and Octave (a very similar open source software) are excellent tools for modeling, computing and visualization. This book will help the reader to acquire basic knowledge and elementary programming skills with Octave/Matlab. Basic data and programming structures are presented and for the most often used commands illustrative code samples are provided. The selection of the presented commands is guided by the typical needs of engineers. With these skills many and more difficult problems can be solved successfully. It is shown how basic statistical questions can be answered and how results are visualized using appropriate types of graphical representation. A selection of typical, independent engineering problems is presented, together with algorithms to solve these problems. Special attention is given to the methods of linear and nonlinear regression. The high level tool Matlab/Octave is used to develop computational code for micro controllers. The codes and data files for the book are available on Github and on Springer Link.
The Content
Introduction to Octave/MATLAB
Elementary Statistics With Octave/MATLAB
Engineering Applications
The Target Groups
Students in electrical and mechanical engineering and engineering fields in general
Working engineers
The Author
Dr. Andreas Stahel is professor for Mathematics at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH). He graduated with a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Zürich in 1987, with a minor degree in Physics. He was teaching Mathematics in the Bachelor program at the BFH for Microtechnology and Medical Technology and in the Master program for Biomedical Engineering, a joint program of the University of Bern and the BFH. He headed and contributed to many industrial projects, with local industry and/or with engineering colleagues.
