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Not to do down Octave, but if you want a free alternative to MATLAB, Scilab might be worth checking out too, particularly for an alternative to Simulink, as I u
by gnufx 6y ago
Not to do down Octave, but if you want a free alternative to MATLAB, Scilab might be worth checking out too, particularly for an alternative to Simulink, as I understand it. It has a different emphasis, like not aiming at compatibility the way Octave does.
It grieves me to see how much money squander on MATLAB (and they're apparently not allowed to compare notes, which says something). The ones I'm familiar with pay around (or more than) enough to fund a full-time support post, so there could instead be a significantly-sized sustainable research support team working in that area, just in the UK.
- wrp 6y agoI have used both Octave and Scilab as a substitute for MATLAB. Scilab is a much more polished system, but it has multiple gotchas if you are moving back and forth between it and MATLAB. Octave aims for full MATLAB compatibility, but I found the system pretty rough all around.
- diydsp 6y agoRe simulink: I have experimented with OpenModelica a little bit for making simulations! didn't get too deep, but was impressed with my initial foray.