MATLAB Overview(advantages and disadvantages) - Notes, Engineering, Semester

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MATLAB 
MATLAB handles numerical calculations and high-quality graphics, provides a 
convenient interface to built-in state-of-the-art subroutine libraries, and incorporates a 
high-level programming language 
MATLAB Overview 
Functionality Mathematical calculations and matrix-based 
programming language. 
Operating Systems Windows, Macintosh, UNIX (Linux). 
? Key Features 
? Numeric Computation 
? Data Analysis and Visualization 
? Programming and Algorithm Development 
? Application Development and Deployment 
Key Features 
? High-level language for numerical computation, visualization, and application development 
? Interactive environment for iterative exploration, design, and problem solving 
? Mathematical functions for linear algebra, statistics, Fourier analysis, filtering, optimization, numerical integration, and 
solving ordinary differential equations 
? Built-in graphics for visualizing data and tools for creating custom plots 
? Development tools for improving code quality and maintainability and maximizing performance 
? Tools for building applications with custom graphical interfaces 
? Functions for integrating MATLAB based algorithms with external applications and languages such as C, Java, .NET, 
and Microsoft
®
 Excel
®
 
Matlab's advantages 
Matlab is an interpreted language for numerical computation. It allows one to 
perform numerical calculations, and visualize the results without the need for 
complicated and time consuming programming. Matlab allows its users to 
accurately solve problems, produce graphics easily and produce code 
effeciently. 
 
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MATLAB 
MATLAB handles numerical calculations and high-quality graphics, provides a 
convenient interface to built-in state-of-the-art subroutine libraries, and incorporates a 
high-level programming language 
MATLAB Overview 
Functionality Mathematical calculations and matrix-based 
programming language. 
Operating Systems Windows, Macintosh, UNIX (Linux). 
? Key Features 
? Numeric Computation 
? Data Analysis and Visualization 
? Programming and Algorithm Development 
? Application Development and Deployment 
Key Features 
? High-level language for numerical computation, visualization, and application development 
? Interactive environment for iterative exploration, design, and problem solving 
? Mathematical functions for linear algebra, statistics, Fourier analysis, filtering, optimization, numerical integration, and 
solving ordinary differential equations 
? Built-in graphics for visualizing data and tools for creating custom plots 
? Development tools for improving code quality and maintainability and maximizing performance 
? Tools for building applications with custom graphical interfaces 
? Functions for integrating MATLAB based algorithms with external applications and languages such as C, Java, .NET, 
and Microsoft
®
 Excel
®
 
Matlab's advantages 
Matlab is an interpreted language for numerical computation. It allows one to 
perform numerical calculations, and visualize the results without the need for 
complicated and time consuming programming. Matlab allows its users to 
accurately solve problems, produce graphics easily and produce code 
effeciently. 
 
Matlab's disadvantages 
Because Matlab is an interpreted language, it can be slow, and poor 
programming practices can make it unacceptably slow. 
Advantages of MATLAB 
– Ease of use 
– Platform independence 
– Predefined functions 
– Plotting 
• Disadvantages of MATLAB 
– Can be slow 
– Expensive 
applications, including signal processing and communications, image and video processing, control systems, test and 
measurement, computational finance, and computational biology.