MatlabSimulink

MATLAB and Simulink are two tightly integrated software products developed by The MathWorks for mathematical computation, visualization, and model-based design. MATLAB is a high-level language and environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming, while Simulink provides a graphical environment for modeling, simulating, and analyzing multidomain dynamic systems.

They are designed to work together; models created in Simulink can interface with MATLAB for script-based analysis and data processing; results from simulations can be exported to MATLAB for post-processing, and parameters can be tuned within both environments.

Key features include MATLAB with a broad set of toolboxes; a comprehensive Simulink block-diagram environment with libraries for continuous and discrete systems; Simscape for physical components; blocks for state-space, transfer functions, PID controllers; code generation with Simulink Coder and HDL Coder; real-time testing with Simulink Real-Time and hardware-in-the-loop support.

Workflow: Users build models graphically, configure solvers, run simulations, log and visualize results, perform parameter sweeps or optimizations, and generate production-quality code for deployment.

Applications: MATLAB and Simulink are used across industry and academia for control systems, automotive and aerospace design, robotics, communications, signal processing, power and energy systems, and research in systems engineering.

History and availability: MATLAB was introduced by The MathWorks in 1984, and Simulink followed in the 1990s; the suite is cross-platform and available under commercial licenses with extensive documentation and community resources.