MATLAB is a commercial software and a trademark of The MathWorks, Inc., USA. It is an integrated programming system, including graphical interfaces and a large number of specialized toolboxes. MATLAB is getting increasingly popular in all fields of science and engineering.
This chapter will provide some basic notions needed for the understanding of the remainder of the book. A deeper study of MATLAB can be obtained from many MATLAB books and the very useful help of MATLAB.
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(2009). Short introduction to MATLAB. In: MATLAB Codes for Finite Element Analysis. Solid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 157. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9200-8_1
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