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Introducing MATLAB and the MATLAB Working Environment

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MATLAB is a platform for scientific calculation and high-level programming which uses an interactive environment that allows you to conduct complex calculation tasks more efficiently than with traditional languages, such as C, C++ and FORTRAN. It is the one of the most popular platforms currently used in the sciences and engineering.

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© 2014 César Pérez López

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López, C.P. (2014). Introducing MATLAB and the MATLAB Working Environment. In: MATLAB Optimization Techniques. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0292-0_1

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