ABSTRACT
MATLAB is a software program for numeric computation, data analysis, and graphics. One advantage that MATLAB has for engineers over programming languages such as C or C++ is that the MATLAB program includes functions that numerically solve large systems of linear algebraic equations, systems of ordinary differential equations, roots of transcendental equations, definite integrals, statistical problems, optimization problems, control systems problems, and many other types of problems encountered in engineering. MATLAB also offers toolboxes (which must be purchased separately) that are designed to solve problems in specialized areas.
