1. A brief introduction to Matlab and Simulink

1.1 Matlab

Matlab ^® is a numerical calculation program developed and marketed by the American company The MathWorks. Its various functions can be used via a command line or through a script written in a language specific to Matlab ^® .

Matlab ^® manipulates data mainly in the form of vectors and matrices, but also in more structured forms (records). Variables are stored in internal memory spaces, the main one being the workspace for global variables.

Matlab ^® is complemented by numerous toolboxes specializing in a wide range of fields. Several of these toolboxes...