I've added a separate answer here only to explain how you would have used dsolve, and then how you would plot the solution.
You don't use a loop to solve it like that. There is no need to vary t in a loop, since the solution, IF dsolve is able to find one, will be a function of t already. Anyway, those multiple calls to dsolve saved no result in any variable to be able to then plot.
I might have tried this:
syms x(t)
Dx = diff(x,t);
sol = dsolve(diff(x,t,2)==0.002*cos(x-t)-sin(x),x(0)==0,Dx(0)==0)
Warning: Unable to find explicit solution.
> In dsolve (line 190)
sol =
[ empty sym ]
However MATLAB gives up, unable to find a solution. That may mean it simply needs a little help. For example, convert the shifted cosine into a pair of terms using an identity, thus;
cos(x-t) = cos(x)*cos(t) + sin(x)*sin(t)
This too fails however.
sol = dsolve(diff(x,t,2)==0.002*(cos(x)*cos(t) + sin(x)*sin(t))-sin(x),x(0)==0,Dx(0)==0)
Warning: Unable to find explicit solution.
> In dsolve (line 190)
sol =
[ empty sym ]
Unfortunately, it is quite easy to write a differential equation that lacks a solution, at least one that dsolve can handle. Had dsolve managed to find a solution, for example here on a much simpler problem, then the plot can be gained from fplot.
sol = dsolve(diff(x,t)==sin(x),x(0)==1)
sol =
2*atan(exp(t + log(tan(1/2))))
fplot(sol,[0,3*pi])
Lacking a solution, you are best served using a numerical solver. Ameer has shown how to do that already.
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