MATLAB® is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numeric computation. Using the MATLAB product, you can solve technical computing problems faster than with traditional programming languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran.

You can use MATLAB in a wide range of applications, including signal and image processing, communications, control design, test and measurement, financial modeling and analysis, and computational biology. Add-on toolboxes (collections of special-purpose MATLAB functions, available separately) extend the MATLAB environment to solve particular classes of problems in these application areas.

MATLAB provides a number of features for documenting and sharing your work. You can integrate your MATLAB code with other languages and applications, and distribute your MATLAB algorithms and applications.

High-level language for technical computing

Development environment for managing code, files, and data

Interactive tools for iterative exploration, design, and problem solving

Mathematical functions for linear algebra, statistics, Fourier analysis, filtering, optimization, and numerical integration

2-D and 3-D graphics functions for visualizing data

Tools for building custom graphical user interfaces

Functions for integrating MATLAB based algorithms with external applications and languages, such as C, C++, Fortran, Java, COM, and Microsoft Excel

Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or 3), Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 2 or R2), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1), Windows Server 2008

CPU: Intel Pentium (Pentium 4 and above), Intel Xeon, Intel Core, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, AMD Sempron

HDD: 625 MB (MATLAB only)

RAM: 512 MB (1024 MB recommended)