Engineering Computations and Modeling in MATLAB®/Simulink®, Second Edition provides a broad overview of The MathWorks' MATLAB®/Simulink®/GUIDE development and modeling environment. This textbook shows how to use these software tools effectively in a variety of engineering applications, including modeling real-world dynamic systems. This book is used as a textbook by undergraduate and graduate students taking both introductory and advanced courses in applied programming, and also as a reference for working professionals using MATLAB®/Simulink®. Contents Chapter 1 - MATLAB/Simulink as a Technical Computing Language Chapter 2 - Development Environment and Basic Operations Chapter 3 - Arrays and Array Operations Chapter 4 - Mixed-Type Data 'Containers' and Input/Output Management Chapter 5 - Programming in MATLAB® Chapter 6 - 2-D and 3-D Plotting and Animation Chapter 7 - Symbolic Math Toolbox Chapter 8 - Accuracy of Digital Computations Chapter 9 - Numerical Linear Algebra and Eigenvalue Problems Chapter 10 - Root Finding and Introduction to Optimization Chapter 11 - Curve Fitting to Measured Data Chapter 12 - Numerical Differentiation Chapter 13 - Numerical Integration Chapter 14 - Initial-Value Problem Chapter 15 - Simulink Basics Oleg A. Yakimenko is Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean of Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He is the author or co-author of over 300 publications about guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned air, surface, and underwater vehicles, satellites, guided weapons, and parachutes, along with high-fidelity modeling and simulation of complex combat systems. He holds two MS degrees in aerospace engineering and operations research from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies and the Air Force Engineering Academy. He also holds two PhD degrees in these areas. He is a Chair of AIAA's Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technical Committee, Deputy Director of Education for the Western Region, and an Associate Fellow of AIAA.