MATLAB

MATLAB (matrix laboratory) is a programming language made by Cleve Moler from MathWorks. It was originally made for numerical analysis (especially numerical linear algebra).^[1][2][3] But today, it is used in many areas such as:

• Data analysis^[4]
• Deep learning^[5]
• Machine learning^[6]
• Neural network^[7]
• Numerical analysis
  • Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations^{[8][9][10][11]}
  • Numerical methods for partial differential equations^[12][13]
    • Finite element method^[14][15][16]
• Optimization^[17]
• Signal processing^{[18][19][20][21]}
• Statistics^[22][23]

Release history

MATLAB (software)

Developer(s)	MathWorks
Initial release	1984; 41 years ago (1984)[24]
Stable release	R2020a / March 19, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-03-19)
Written in	C/C++, MATLAB
Operating system	Windows, macOS, and Linux[25]
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
Type	Numerical analysis
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	mathworks.com

MATLAB (programming language)

Paradigm	multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, procedural, object-oriented, array
Designed by	Cleve Moler
Developer	MathWorks
First appeared	late 1970s
Stable release	9.8 (R2020a) / March 19, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-03-19)
Typing discipline	dynamic, weak
Filename extensions	.m, .p,[26] .mex*,[27] .mat,[28] .fig,[29] .mlx,[30] .mlapp,[31] .mltbx,[32] .mlappinstall,[33] .mlpkginstall[34]
Website	mathworks.com
Influenced by
APL EISPACK LINPACK PL/0 Speakeasy[35]
Influenced
Julia[36] GNU Octave[37] Scilab[38] INTLAB[39][40][41][42]
MATLAB Programming at Wikibooks

For a complete list of changes of both MATLAB and official toolboxes, check the MATLAB release notes.^[43]

Versions of the MATLAB product family

Name of release	MATLAB	Simulink, Stateflow (MATLAB attachments)	Year
Volume 8	5.0		1996
Volume 9	5.1		1997
R9.1	5.1.1		1997
R10	5.2		1998
R10.1	5.2.1		1998
R11	5.3		1999
R11.1	5.3.1		1999
R12	6.0		2000
R12.1	6.1		2001
R13	6.5		2002
R13SP1	6.5.1		2003
R13SP2	6.5.2
R14	7	6.0	2004
R14SP1	7.0.1	6.1
R14SP2	7.0.4	6.2	2005
R14SP3	7.1	6.3
R2006a	7.2	6.4	2006
R2006b	7.3	6.5
R2007a	7.4	6.6	2007
R2007b	7.5	7.0
R2008a	7.6	7.1	2008
R2008b	7.7	7.2
R2009a	7.8	7.3	2009
R2009b	7.9	7.4
R2010a	7.10	7.5	2010
R2010b	7.11	7.6
R2011a	7.12	7.7	2011
R2011b	7.13	7.8
R2012a	7.14	7.9	2012
R2012b	8.0	8.0
R2013a	8.1	8.1	2013
R2013b	8.2	8.2
R2014a	8.3	8.3	2014
R2014b	8.4	8.4
R2015a	8.5	8.5	2015
R2015b	8.6	8.6
R2016a	9.0	8.7	2016
R2016b	9.1	8.8
R2017a	9.2	8.9	2017
R2017b	9.3	9.0
R2018a	9.4	9.1	2018
R2018b	9.5	9.2
R2019a	9.6	9.3	2019
R2019b	9.7	9.4
R2020a	9.8	9.5	2020
R2020b