Applications of MATLAB that makes it unique…

Saurabh Singh
Sep 4, 2018 · 3 min read

Matlab is used in a lot of different ways by lots of people in occupations you might not necessarily think about when it comes to math product. Over one million people around world use MATLAB to help them develop cancer therapies, search for new sources of energy, make our car safer and more fuel efficient, and explore outer space. By combining a powerful numeric engine and technical programming environment with interactive exploration and visualization tools, MATLAB has become the language of technical computing.

In past few years one million users across industry and academia had been attracted towards MATLAB who comes from various backgrounds of engineering,science and economics. MATLAB is widely used in academic and research institutions as well as industrial enterprises.

In coming years MATLAB is going to emerge as an important technology among technocrats all around the world.

ENGINEERING NEW SOLUTIONS

Many engineering disciplines rely on various kinds of math to ensure that the results of any design process or new theory of how the universe works actually make sense. A new building isn’t much use if it can;t hold up to the stresses placed on it.

Creating new technologies means first computing how this new technology will work. Many ideas and concepts used in engineering rely on math as a starting point because math provides the means to express the idea in a form that others can understand.

GETTING AN EDUCATION

Mathworks plays a strong emphasis on education. In fact, you can find a special place for education-related materials at MathWorks.com. If you are a student and need a copy of MATLAB, you can easily purchase it. Several versions of MATLAB are available of student use, so make sure that you pick the package that best suits your needs. **Note that you may require some special add-ons for your classes.

WORKING WITH LINEAR ALGEBRA

Linear algebra is the study of linear equations and their properties. Symbolic Math Toolbox provides functions to solve systems of linear equations. You can also analyze,transform and decompose matrices using Symbolic Math Toolbox function. Some of the typical use cases are-

Predicting the amount of turnover a company will have

Determining how many items to keep in inventory.

Making life and business decisions, such as whether it’s cheaper to rent a car or to buy one outright.

Creating a financial plan, such as determining whether it makes more sense to pay down a credit card or build up savings.

PERFORMING NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Numerical analysis relies on approximation rather than the precision you see in symbolic math. Performing certain building construction tasks is impossible without applying numerical analysis, but you will see architects who might need to do so.

EXPLORING RESEARCH

After a question is asked and an answer is given, a researcher must convince colleagues that the answer is correct and then viable to put into practice. MATLAB lets you check the answer and verify that it does, in fact work as the researcher suggests. After an answer is proven, the researcher can use MATLAB further to define precisely how the answer is used.

Although many of MATLAB;s uses require graphics, research has a significant need for graphics because the researcher must often explain answers to people who don’t have the researcher’s skills.

WALKING THROUGH A SIMULATION

Using a simulation rather than a real-world counter part is a low-cost approach to testing that is an essential part of any sort of scientific or engineering endeavor today. Major pros are-

Saves human lives

Saves time

Enhances the ability of the people involved to try various solutions

Reduces costs

Improves the chances of new technology succeeding.

Increases the security surrounding a new technology.

EMPLOYING IMAGE PROCESSING

Image processing is the act of managing the pixels in an image using math techniques to modify the matrix values. Techniques such as adding two matrices together are common when performing image processing.

The one thing you should know is that MATLAB excels at matrix manipulation. Anyone involved in image processing needs the sort of help that MATLAB provides to create and test new image processing techniques.