A Guide to MATLAB for ME 160

Opinión de Jeffrey Phillips, Associate Professor, Hanover College on 4/3/24

Exhaustividad clasificación: 4 ver menos

This book is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to MATLAB. Instead, it is meant to be a guide to the basic functions of MATLAB that an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student would need in order to complete assignments that require the use of MATLAB.

Precisión de contenido clasificación: 5

My review of the material did not uncover any errors.

Relevancia / Longevidad clasificación: 5

I think this book is an excellent resource for students who need an introduction to or refresher on MATLAB. Anyone who has used MATLAB knows that is has extensive on-line help and also very good on-line training modules. This book will not replace those. I still require my first-year engineering students to complete the MATLAB "On-Ramp" training as their first step to learning how to use MATLAB, but I offer a link to this textbook as an easy to use reference once they have completed the on-ramp. I also find it a nice reference as I don't use MATLAB all the time and frequently forget some of the basics such as the format of the code you should use when asking for an input value.

Claridad clasificación: 5

I found the text easy to follow, however, I am not a beginner at using MATLAB, so perhaps not the ideal judge of clarity.

Consistencia clasificación: 4

At the end of most chapters there is a Problems sections. However, not every section has a problems, and at the end of chapter 5 are not numbered as they are in other chapters.

Modularidad clasificación: 5

I think it is ideal for going to a specific topic to get a refresher rather than having to plow through an entire book or on-line training course.

Organización / Estructura / Flujo clasificación: 5

The layout is quite logical with an introduction to basic MATLAB commands at the beginning followed by more details subjects such as the use of matrix algebra and graphing capabilities.

Interfaz clasificación: 5

The book is available as both a PDF and as an on-line textbook. The latter is very easy to navigate.

Errores gramaticales clasificación: 5

I found no issues.

Relevancia cultural clasificación: 5

I found no issues but am part of the social majority in the USA engineering community, so may not be the best judge of this.

I intend to list this as a supplemental textbook for any of my courses in which I have assignments that require the use of MATLAB. Since the textbook is available at no charge, I see no down side in having it as a supplement to the primary textbook.

Opinión de Xiumin Diao, Associate Professor, Purdue University on 12/15/23

Exhaustividad clasificación: 5 ver menos

This book covers the fundamentals of Matlab from background introduction to basic commands, matrix operations, script writing, graphing, and how to use functions in Matlab. It is a good tutorial for beginners.

Precisión de contenido clasificación: 5

The content of the book is accurate. Commands and scripts are presented and the corresponding outputs are given.

Relevancia / Longevidad clasificación: 5

Matlab has not changed much over the years/versions. So there is no need to update the book regularly.

Claridad clasificación: 5

This book is concise but clear. There are enough examples to illustrate a concept.

Consistencia clasificación: 5

The text used in the book is consistent in terms of terminologies.

Modularidad clasificación: 5

The book is modular with many chapters. Students can go through the book chapter by chapter, which makes it easy to read.

Organización / Estructura / Flujo clasificación: 5

The book is well organized. The book gradually increases the difficulty level.

Interfaz clasificación: 4

Most of the figures are not clear/legible enough. It would be great if high-quality figures were used.

Errores gramaticales clasificación: 5

The book is well-written.

Relevancia cultural clasificación: 5

The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way.

This a great tutorial for introducing the fundamentals of Matlab.

Opinión de Caroline Baker, Assistant Professor, Anderson University on 2/17/23

Exhaustividad clasificación: 2 ver menos

This book is directly related to a specific course, so it only introduces concepts that are necessary for that class. It would be minimally useful for a general MATLAB class.

Precisión de contenido clasificación: 5

It seems pretty accurate regarding MATLAB's capabilities and the appropriate syntax.

Relevancia / Longevidad clasificación: 3

Updates will be difficult because of the typesetting of the MATLAB commands. In addition, some of the functionality taught (building a GUI, etc) is not particularly relevant to a more general teaching of MATLAB.

Claridad clasificación: 4

The images are pretty fuzzy, which makes it difficult to read the MATLAB code. In addition, more examples would really clarify some of the explanations.

Consistencia clasificación: 5

The formatting seemed pretty consistent.

Modularidad clasificación: 5

The book is divided into manageable chapters and sections within those chapters.

Organización / Estructura / Flujo clasificación: 4

The flow and organization of the book appears fine. There are some large sections of provided code that seem like they exist without enough build up to them.

Interfaz clasificación: 4

The images from the computer program itself are really fuzzy and could be formatted better.

Errores gramaticales clasificación: 5

The grammar of the book appears fine.

Relevancia cultural clasificación: 5

The book is a programming book and doesn't really touch on cultural topics.