MATLAB Primer, Sixth Edition

This is a very good reference. It is also very suitable for people starting in Matlab. Also the book has a very nice format, namely small and thin. In passing, I showed the book to a collegue with a Matlab question and he wanted to have a copy for himself. I can also recommend it for students.

Great book at introducing MATLAB. If you are an ABSOLUTE beginner in programming with MATLAB this book is a must. It answers practically all the questions a beginner would have and shows you where to go if you need additional information.

Excellent text. Contains nice, brief summaries of matlab functionality, with references on where to go to get more verbose explanations. This book is about the size of a postcard. When I need to locate or discover a new function that I'm sure matlab has somewhere, this Primer is usually more effective than the matlab on-line help. Also good for an overview of functionality, an area where Matlab's on-line help is particularly weak. Assumes no knowledge of matlab.

In MATLAB, really the only thing you need is a list of commands, then you can type 'help command' and be done. Sigmon's book is just this. Good enough to carry me through undergrad to first year grad school. Next year I'll need a reference specializing in the controls toolkit, but this Primer will still be glued to my hand whenever I start Matlab. I'm buying one for each of my students.