NPTEL Syllabus

NOC:MATLAB Programming for Numerical

Computation - Video course

COURSE OUTLINE

MATLAB is a popular language for numerical computation. This course introduces

students to MATLAB programming, and demonstrate its use for scientific computations.
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The basis of computational techniques are expounded through various coding examples http://nptel.ac.in
and problems, and practical ways to use MATLAB will be discussed.

The objective of this course is to introduce undergraduate students to computational

methods using MATLAB. At the end of this course, a student would:
Chemical
Learn basics of MATLAB programming Engineering
Get introduced to numerical methods for engineering problems
Will be able to use MATLAB to solve computational problems

Pre-requisites:

COURSE DETAIL The students for this course are

expected to know basics of linear
algebra and calculus. These are
WeekNo. Topics covered in Introductory Math
course(s) for Engineers (typically done
in first year).
1. Module 1: Introduction to MATLAB Programming This is intended to be practical
This module will introduce the students to MATLAB programming through (laboratory) course. Some prior
a few examples. Students who have used MATLAB are still background in programming will be
recommended to do this module, as it introduces MATLAB in context of useful, though not required. Likewise,
how we use it in this course students who have either completed
or are currently doing Numerical
Lecture 1-1 Basics of MATLAB programming Methods/Computational Techniques
Lecture 1-2 Array operations in MATLAB will find it easier to follow this course.
Lecture 1-3 Loops and execution control Theoretical aspects of methods
Lecture 1-4 Working with files: Scripts and Functions covered in this lab can be found in
Lecture 1-5 Plotting and program output NPTEL course on Computational
Techniques
(http://nptel.ac.in/courses/103106074/).
2. Module 2: Approximations and Errors
Coordinators:
Taylors / Maclaurin series expansion of some functions will be used to
introduce approximations and errors in computational methods Dr. Niket S.Kaisare
Lecture 2-1 Defining errors and precision in numerical methods Department of Chemical
Lecture 2-2 Truncation and round-off errors EngineeringIIT Madras
Lecture 2-3 Error propagation, Global and local truncation errors

Module 3: Numerical Differentiation and Integration

3. Methods of numerical differentiation and integration, trade-off between
truncation and round-off errors, error propagation and MATLAB functions
for integration will be discussed.
Lecture 3-1 Numerical Differentiation in single variable
Lecture 3-2 Numerical differentiation: Higher derivatives
Lecture 3-3 Differentiation in multiple variables
Lecture 3-4 Newton-Cotes integration formulae
Lecture 3-5 Multi-step application of Trapezoidal rule
Lecture 3-6 MATLAB functions for integration
Module 4: Linear Equations
4. The focus of this module is to do a quick introduction of most popular
numerical methods in linear algebra, and use of MATLAB to solve
practical problems.
Lecture 4-1 Linear algebra in MATLAB
Lecture 4-2 Gauss Elimination
Lecture 4-3 LU decomposition and partial pivoting
Lecture 4-4 Iterative methods: Gauss Siedel
 Lecture 4-5 Special Matrices: Tri-diagonal matrix algorithm
Module 5: Nonlinear Equations
5. After introduction to bisection rule, this module primarily covers Newton-
Raphson method and MATLAB routines fzero and fsolve.
Lecture 5-1 Nonlinear equations in single variable
Lecture 5-2 MATLAB function fzero in single variable
Lecture 5-3 Fixed-point iteration in single variable
Lecture 5-4 Newton-Raphson in single variable
Lecture 5-5 MATLAB function fsolve in single and multiple variables
Lecture 5-6 Newton-Raphson in multiple variables
Module 6: Regression and Interpolation
6. The focus will be practical ways of using linear and nonlinear regression
and interpolation functions in MATLAB.
Lecture 6-1 Introduction
Lecture 6-2 Linear least squares regression(including lsqcurvefit
function)
Lecture 6-3 Functional and nonlinear regression (including lsqnonlin
function)
Lecture 6-4 Interpolation in MATLAB using spline and pchip
Module 7: Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) Part 1
7. Explicit ODE solving techniques in single variable will be covered in this
module.
Lecture 7-1 Introduction to ODEs; Implicit and explicit Eulers methods
Lecture 7-2 Second-Order Runge-Kutta Methods
Lecture 7-3 MATLAB ode45 algorithm in single variable
Lecture 7-4 Higher order Runge-Kutta methods
Lecture 7-5 Error analysis of Runge-Kutta method
Module 8: Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) Practical
8. aspects
This module will cover ODE solving in multiple variables, stiff systems,
and practical problems. The importance of ODEs in engineering is
reflected by the fact that two modules are dedicated to ODEs.
Lecture 8-1 MATLAB ode45 algorithm in multiple variables
Lecture 8-2 Stiff ODEs and MATLAB ode15s algorithm
Lecture 8-3 Practical example for ODE-IVP
Lecture 8-4 Solving transient PDE using Method of Lines

References:
Textbook:
Fausett L.V. (2007) Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB, 2nd Ed., Pearson
Education

Reference Book:
Chapra S.C. and Canale R.P. (2006) Numerical Methods for Engineers, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill

Related NPTEL Video Courses:

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http://nptel.ac.in/courses/103106074/

Numerical Methods and Programming:

http://nptel.ac.in/courses/122106033/
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