April 11, 2014 · Don't Forget matlab latex

How to cite MATLAB (bibtex / latex)

While writing a paper, I had to cite Matlab. Simple thing, no? The whole problem is that MATLAB is a software (@electronic, right?), but it is a corporate publisher, with specified version. So one would expect an output like

[1] MATLAB version 7.10.0. Natick, Massachusetts: The MathWorks Inc., 2010.

Where:

  • Title of software: MATLAB
  • Version of software: version 7.10.0
  • Place of publication: Natick, Massachusetts:
  • Publisher: The MathWorks Inc.,
  • Year of publication: 2010.

But however hard I tried, this wouldn’t get compiled into my pdf file. Final solution?

@book{MATLAB:2010,
year = {2010},
author = {MATLAB},
title = {version 7.10.0 (R2010a)},
publisher = {The MathWorks Inc.},
address = {Natick, Massachusetts}
}

Done.