MATLAB for engineers explained

the long version

"This beginner's introduction to MATLAB teaches a sufficient subset of the functionality and gives the reader practical experience on how to find more information. A forty-page appendix contains unique user-friendly summaries and tables of MATLAB functions enabling the reader to find appropriate functions, understand their syntax and get a good overview. The large number of exercises, tips, and solutions mean that the book can be read with or without a computer. Recent development in MATLAB to advance programming is described using realistic examples in order to prepare students for larger programming projects."--Jacket.