MATLAB is a high-performance language for numerical computing. It consolidates calculations, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and answers are expressed in functional notation. It is used by scientists, engineers and computer scientists around the world to perform all types of numerical computations.
It contains:
-Modeling, simulation, and prototyping
-Algorithm development
-Math and computation
-Scientific and engineering graphics
-Data analysis, exploration, and visualization
Simulink provides a software development environment for users that allows them to simulate and test the effect of a range of control inputs in a variety of scenarios.
Simulink is an add-on product to MATLAB that provides an interactive, graphical environment for modeling, simulating, and analyzing dynamic systems.
The name MATLAB stands for Matrix Laboratory. MATLAB was written to provide easy access to matrix software developed by the LINPACK (linear system package) and EISPACK (Eigen system package) projects. Matrix is a symbol where rows and columns represent numbers. A matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, usually stored in the form of two-dimensional arrays with each element being a number from 1 to n.
