Abstract
The purposes, principal audience, the main topics, and chapter design are described here. MATLAB® advances in comparison to such popular software as Mathematica, Mathcad, Maple, and R, are briefly lightened. The differences between the present and author’s previous book are discussed briefly.
Keywords: Introduction; purposes; principal audience; MATLAB® releases, Mathematica; Mathcad; Maple; R- software; chapter design; presentation order.