ABSTRACT
This chapter shows how to use some of the functions in MATLAB for data analysis and modeling parameters such as the Clausius–Mossotti factor, as well as some dynamic analysis. MATLAB is a combined programming language and data analysis/presentation computing suite. In order to distinguish MATLAB programs from conventional text, all material from MATLAB has been written in courier typeface. This has also been used within the text when referring to variables used within the programs. When using MATLAB to determine electrical parameters, two approaches may be taken; either the user may manually alter the electrical parameters in a set until a satisfactory match is found, or the computer can be used to find a best fit to the data. MATLAB contains functions allowing the determination of the minimum set of parameters for a known expression. This is based on the Nelder-Mead simplex method, wherein a solution for the expression for an initial set of parameters is determined.
