Numerical and Analytical Methods with MATLAB for Electrical Engineers

This textbook presents basic programming techniques consistent with the MATLAB software package. It also discusses numerical and analytical concepts applicable to electrical engineering. The text contains many sample MATLAB programs that provide guidance for student completing the assigned projects. Case studies relate concepts presented in the chapters to engineering in practice. The chapters address such topics as Simulink, curve fitting, optimization, partial differential equations, laplace transforms, control systems, signal processing, differential equations, transcendental equations, and numerical integration. A complete solutions manual is available for qualified adopters.

Combining academic and practical approaches to this important topic, Numerical and Analytical Methods with MATLAB^® for Electrical Engineers is the ideal resource for electrical and computer engineering students. Based on a previous edition that was geared toward mechanical engineering students, this book expands many of the concepts presented in that book and replaces the original projects with new ones intended specifically for electrical engineering students.

This book includes:

• An introduction to the MATLAB programming environment
• Mathematical techniques for matrix algebra, root finding, integration, and differential equations
• More advanced topics, including transform methods, signal processing, curve fitting, and optimization
• An introduction to the MATLAB graphical design environment, Simulink

Exploring the numerical methods that electrical engineers use for design analysis and testing, this book comprises standalone chapters outlining a course that also introduces students to computational methods and programming skills, using MATLAB as the programming environment. Helping engineering students to develop a feel for structural programming—not just button-pushing with a software program—the illustrative examples and extensive assignments in this resource enable them to develop the necessary skills and then apply them to practical electrical engineering problems and cases.