MATLAB Resources

• Option #1

MATLAB has been installed on every machine at Engineering Computer Center. You can log-on to an ECC machine through your cougarnet ID and password.

To access a Linux computer remotely, execute the following command on a terminal:

ssh YOUR-COUGARNET-ID@tuxedo.egr.uh.edu -X

To access a Windows computer remotely, do the following:

ssh YOUR-COUGERNET-ID@ecc.egr.uh.edu -X

It will then prompt you to enter cougarnet password. After successful log-in, one can access Matlab by executing any of the following commands:

>> matlab &

>> matlab -nodekstop

>> matlab -nodesktop -nojvm

• Option #2

A student version of MATLAB can be obtained for $99 from Mathworks.

• Option #3

Use Octave, which is similar to Matlab but it is open-source.

• Option #4

If you are very particular about using very active and general open-source tools, refer to the Python Resources.

Official Documentation

• MathWorks

Tutorials

• • • MATLAB Hypertext Reference

    • MATLAB Tutorial (Clarkson University)

    • MATLAB Tutorials (SIUC)

    • A Practical Introduction to MATLAB

Forums

• Kluid (Forum for Computational Languages & Techniques)

• MATLAB Central

• • • Adaptive Finite Element (AFEM)

    • Iterative Methods for Linear Systems

• Matrix Computation

• Mesh Generation

• OpenFEM

• Optimization and Modeling

• Partial Differential Equations

• Structural Dynamics

• Tensor

I recommend that students have access to one of the following books. The recommendation is based on what is required for the course, the price of the book, and the availability in the library at the University of Houston.

• T. A. Davis, MATLAB Primer, eighth edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2010.

• R. K. Johnson, The Elements of MATLAB Style, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010.

• R. Pratap, Getting Started with MATLAB: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford University Press, 2009. (My pick)