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The following tables provide a comparison of numerical analysis software.
General
| Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | License | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMB | D. Fournier, ADMB Project | 9.0 / 2008 | Free | New BSD License | Automatic differentiation makes it well suited to complex minimization problems | |||
| DotNumerics | JA De Santiago-Castillo | 2007 | 2009 | 1.1 / 11.2009 | Free | aims .Net/mono. This library includes CSLapack, CSBlas and CSEispack (LAPACK, BLAS and EISPACK numerical subroutines translated from Fortran to C#). | ||
| Euler Math Toolbox | R. Grothmann | 5.0 / 2008 | Free | GPL | Also a computer algebra system through interface with Maxima | |||
| FreeMat | Samit Basu | 4.0 / October 09, 2009 | Free | GPL | codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code | |||
| GAUSS | Aptech Systems | 1984 | 9.0 / May 2008 | Non-free | Proprietary | mainly used in econometrics | ||
| IGOR Pro | WaveMetrics | 1986 | 1988 | 6.03A / 2008 | Non-free$550 (commercial) / $395 (academic) / $85 (student) | Proprietary | interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for science and engineering, large data sets. | |
| ILNumerics.Net | H. Kutschbach | 2005 | 2007 | 1.3.14 / 08.2008 | Free | LGPL | aims .Net/mono, 2D/3D plottings (beta) | |
| LabVIEW | National Instruments | 1985 | 2009 / August 2009 | Non-free$1249 (commercial) / $79.95 (student) | Proprietary | Graphical and textual (.m file script) programming approaches | ||
| Maple | Maplesoft | 1980 | 1982 | 12 / 2008 | Non-free$1895 (commercial) / $99 (student) | Proprietary | Mainly a computer algebra system | |
| Mathematica | Wolfram Research | 1986 | 1988 | 7.0.1 / March 2009 | Non-free$2495-$3120 (commercial) / $145 (student) / $295 (personal)[1] | Proprietary | mainly computer algebra system | |
| MATLAB | The MathWorks | the late 1970s | R2009b / 4th September 2009 | Non-free$2450 (commercial) / $99 (student) | Proprietary | Numerical computation, mainly used by engineers. | ||
| Mathnium | Mathnium Associates | 2004 | 2008 | 1.03/ 2008 | Free | [Freeware] | Scripting interface to Java. Language similar to MATLAB. | |
| GNU Octave | John W. Eaton | 1988 | 1993 | 3.2.2 / 2009 | Free | GPL | mostly compatible with MATLAB | |
| Origin | OriginLab | 1991 | 8.0 SR4 / 2008 | Non-free$500 (academic) / $700 (Pro ver., academic) / $50 (Pro ver. student) | Proprietary | interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for science and engineering, large data sets. | ||
| Perl Data Language | Karl Glazebrook | late 1990s | c. 1997 | 2.4.4 / 2008 | Free | Artistic License | Used for astrophysics, solar physics, oceanography, biophysics, and simulation. 2D plotting via PGPLOT, PLPlot bindings; 3D via GL. | |
| R | R Foundation | 1997 | 1997 | 2.10.0 / October 26, 2009 | Free | GPL | Primarily for statistics, but there are many interfaces to open-source numerical software | |
| SAGE | William Stein | 2005 | 4.3 / December 2009 | Free | GPL | Programmable, includes computer algebra, 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to lots of open-source software. Web based interface HTTP or HTTPS | ||
| S-Lang | John E. Davis | 1992 | 2.2.0 / 2009 | Free | GPL, Artistic License (1.x only) | Available as a standalone (slsh) and embedded interpreter (jed, slrn, ...) | ||
| Scilab | INRIA | 1994 | 5.1 / 2009 | Free | CeCILL license | Open source. Language similar to MATLAB. | ||
| Scinet Math | OBACS | 2006 | 3.0 / 2009 | Non-free$499 | Proprietary | High performance numerical software library for the Microsoft .NET platform. | ||
| SciPy | Enthought | late 1990s | 0.7.0 / 2009 | Free | BSD | based on Python | ||
| Sysquake | Calerga | 1998 | 4.1 / 2008 | $250 / $2500 (Pro, commercial) / $1000 (Pro, academic) / free (LE) | Proprietary | interactive graphics | ||
| VisSim | Visual Solutions | 1989 | 7.0a / 2008 | $495-$2800 (commercial) free view only version $50-$250/free v3.0 (academic) |
Proprietary | Visual Language for simulation and Model Based Design. Used in business, science and engineering. Performs complex scalar or matrix based ODE solving with parametric optimization. Has 2D and 3D plotting, 3D animation, and state transition built in. |
Operating system support
The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation).
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | DOS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| DotNumerics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Euler Math Toolbox | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| FreeMat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| GAUSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| IGOR Pro | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| ILNumerics.Net | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| LabVIEW | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Maple | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Mathematica | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| MATLAB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Mathnium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| GNU Octave | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (using HX-Extender) |
| Origin | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Perl Data Language | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| SAGE | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
| S-Lang | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scilab | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SciPy (Python packages) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sysquake | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
| The Unscrambler | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| VisSim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
See also
References
- ^ Mathematica Home Edition Released Macworld, Feb 2009
External links
- Comparison of mathematical programs for data analysis Stefan Steinhaus, ScientificWeb.com