Introduction to Programming for Modeling and Simulation - Winter 2017

NOTE: This page will be continuously updated as the course progresses.

Personnel

Lectures and lab work: Prof. Johan Carlson, Div. of Signals and systems, A2553 (johanc@ltu.se), ext. 2517.

Schedule

Lecture 1: January 24, 2017, 10:15-11:45, A109.
Lecture 2: February 6, 2017, 13:00-14:30, A117.
Grading session 1: February 10, 2017, 13:00-14:30, A2028.
Lecture 3: February 13, 2017, 13:00-15:30, A109
Lecture 4: February 20, 2017, 13:00-14:45, A1547.
Grading session 2: February 27, 2017, 13:00-14:30, A2028..
Lecture 5 and binarydata.bin: March 7,2017 10:15-11:45, A117.
Lecture 6: March 16, 2017, 13:00-14:30, A109.
Grading session 3: March 22, 2017, 13:00-14:30, A3011.

Course contents

Here's a first rough draft of the course contents. The course will kick off with a few lectures on general MATLAB programming, plotting, etc. This will then be followed by some examples of specific applications and an introduction to programming of larger simulation and modeling packages.

The MATLAB environment and basic programming.
Scripts, functions, data types. More programming.
Matrix algebra, typical functions and notations.
Text and string manipulation.
File I/O.
Graphics and plotting
Introduction to software engineering

Design of larger packages
Separating content from form

Literature

As course literature for the basic MATLAB introduction we'll use the excellent introduction written by Dr. Elzibieta Pekalska. Download it here.

Examination

The course is passed upon successful completion of all assignments and the individual project (described above). The only grades awarded are 'pass' or 'fail'. The computer assignments and project work will be evaluated during 'grading session', in the form of guided peer-review in groups of participants. Participation in the grading sessions is therefore mandatory.

Last modified: Jan. 13, 2017, by Johan Carlson