"MATLAB: Modelling, Programming and Simulations" ed. by Emilson Pereira Leite

This book presentis different applications of several MATLAB tools that can be used for educational, scientific and engineering purposes. The book includes tips and tricks for programming and developing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), power system analysis, control systems design, system modelling and simulations, parallel processing, optimization, signal and image processing, finite different solutions, geosciences and portfolio insurance.

Readers from a range of professional fields will benefit from its content.

Contents
Preface
1 Tips and tricks for programming in Matlab
2 Using MATLAB to develop standalone graphical user interface (GUI) software packages for educational purposes
3 Teaching practical engineering for freshman students using the RWTH - Mindstorms NXT toolbox for MATLAB
4 A student friendly toolbox for power system analysis using MATLAB
5 A Matlab® interactive tool for computer aided control systems design in frequency domain: FRTool
6 MATLAB - based software for modeling and studying grid - tied photovoltaic systems
7 Modelling of DC-DC converters
8 Matlab simulations for power factor correction of switching power
9 Simulation of numerical distance relays
10 Evaluation of the Delta-Sigma modulator coefficients by MATLAB parallel processing
11 A Matlab/Simulink Framework for PLC Controlled Processes
12 Optimization and Scheduling Toolbox
13 Designing antenna arrays using signal processing, image processing and optimization toolboxes of MATLAB
14 Analysis, model parameter extraction and optimization of planar inductors using MATLAB
15 Modelling and simulation of processes from an iron ore sintering plants
16 Fired process heaters
17 Finite difference solutions of MFM square duct flow with heat transfer using MatLab program
18 Toolbox for GPS-based attitude determination: An implementation aspect
19 Seismic model-based inversion using Matlab
20 Computational and mathematical methods in portfolio insurance - A MATLAB-based approach