Example Number
|
Brief Description
|
Application
|
Example 1 |
Introduction - Basic MATLAB Functions |
Prime Factors |
Example 2 |
Introduction - Advanced MATLAB Functions |
Retirement Account |
Example 3 |
Numerical Errors |
Forward Difference Algorithm |
Example 3a |
Matlab I/O Routines |
Load, Save, Print |
Example 4 |
Probability, Overflow, and Underflow |
Coin Flips |
Example 5 |
Systems of Equations |
Liquid-Liquid Extraction |
Example 6 |
PLU Factorization |
PLU Factorization of a Square Matrix |
Example 7a |
Condition Numbers |
LU Decomposition |
Example 7b |
Condition Numbers |
Norm and Condition Number of a Matrix |
Example 8 |
Errors in Systems of Equations |
Error in Hilbert Matrix |
Example 9 |
Linear Regression |
Mass Transfer through Membrane |
Example 10 |
QR Factorization |
Gravitational Acceleration of falling ball |
Example 11 |
QR Factorization |
QR Factorization with Pivoting |
Example 12 |
Singular Value Decomposition |
Image Compression |
Example 13 |
Elementary Statistics and Probability |
Normal/Gaussian Distribution |
Example 14 |
Error Propagation |
Error Propagation |
Example 15 |
Covariance Matrix |
US Energy Consumption |
Example 16 |
Error Propagation |
Gravitational Acceleration |
Example 17 |
Error in Linear Regression |
Oscillatory Liquid Chromatography |
Example 18a |
Undersampling and Bootstrap Technique |
Gravitational Acceleration |
Example 18b |
Non-Random Regression Error |
Position Estimation from Data |
Example 19 |
Root Finding |
Bisection, Newton, and Secant Methods |
Example 20 |
Multidimensional Newton's Method |
Plumbing Problems |
Example 21 |
Optimization |
Sequential Batch Reaction |
Example 22 |
Multidimensional Optimization |
Steepest Descent |
Example 23 |
Constrained Optimization |
Cylindrical Can Manufacturing |
Example 24 |
Numerical Quadrature |
Trapezoidal and Simpson's Rules |
Example 25 |
Gaussian Quadrature |
Gaussian Quadrature |
Example 26 |
Quadrature Error Estimation |
Repeated Richardson Extrapolation |
Example 26b |
Norms of Quadrature Weights |
Romberg Weights and Errors |
Example 27 |
Adaptive Quadrature |
Treating Singularities |
Example 28 |
Multidimensional Quadrature |
Elliptical Disk |
Example 29 |
Monte Carlo Integration |
Circular Domain and Embedding |
Example 30 |
Ordinary Differential Equations |
Batch Reactors |
Example 31 |
Numerical Stability |
CSTR / Salt Problem |
Example 31a |
Numerical Stability in PDE's |
Quenching of a Finite Slab |
Example 32 |
Higher Order Integration |
Euler and Runge-Kutta Methods |
Example 33 |
Adaptive Step Size Algorithm |
Predator-Prey Population Models |
Example 34 |
Shooting Method |
Cannonball Problem |
Example 35 |
Matrix Methods for ODE's |
Heat Transfer in a Slab with Reaction |
Example 36 |
Sturm-Lioville Boundary-Value Problems |
Laplacian Operator in Cartesian Coordinates |