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Introduction to MATLAB

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MATLAB is an abbreviation for the expression Matrix Laboratory. It has been widely used in many kinds of applications and fields of study. MATLAB is a high-level language, the reputation of which has been increasing over time. Since its first use in 1970 by Cleve Moler, a famous mathematician and cofounder of MathWorks, Inc. (the owner of MATLAB), it has shown huge advancement and new tools have been added in the new versions released twice a year.

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Turk, I. (2019). Introduction to MATLAB. In: Practical MATLAB. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5281-9_1

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