Lecture 0 Preface

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Lecture 0Preface

• Lecture series based on the text
• Essential MATLAB
• for Engineers and Scientists
• By
• Hahn Valentine
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Objectives of a first course

• Learn how to evaluate and explore capabilities of
  MATLAB.
• Learn how to do technical computing with MATLAB.
• Learn how to design mathematical procedures to
  solve technical problems via the structure plan
  (i.e., a design methodology for solving technical
  problems).
• Learn how to develop algorithms to implement the
  steps of your structure plan.
• Learn how to translate the structure plans into
  computer programs to solve engineering and
  scientific problems.

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The lectures

• There are 14 lectures provided as a supplement to
  the text by Hahn and Valentine (2007). They cover
  the first 10 chapters of the text as well as the
  types of applications covered in Chapter 14.
• The lectures are provided to help the instructor
  create her or his lectures for an introductory
  course on MATLAB.