Comparison of numerical analysis software
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The following tables provide a comparison of numerical analysis software.
[edit] General
| Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Open source | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAUSS | Aptech Systems | 1984 | 8.0 / 2006 | No | mainly used in econometrics | ||
| LabVIEW | National Instruments | 1985 | 8.2 / 2006 | $2399 (commercial) / $79.95 (student edition) | No | graphical and textual (m-file script) approaches | |
| Mathematica | Wolfram Research | 1986 | 1988 | 5.2 | $1880 (commercial) / $45 (student) | No | also a computer algebra system |
| MATLAB | The MathWorks | the late 1970s | R2007a / 2007 | $1900 (commercial) / $99 (student) | No | ||
| GNU Octave | John W. Eaton | around 1988 | 1993 | 2.0.17 / 2002 | Free | Yes | mostly compatible with MATLAB |
| R | R Foundation | the late 1990s | 2.4.0 / 2006 | Free | Yes | mainly used in statistics | |
| Scilab | INRIA | 1994 | 4.0 / 2006 | Free | No | source code available (not OSI) | |
| Sysquake | Calerga | 1998 | 3.5 / 2006 | $2000 (commercial) / $800 (academic) / free (LE version) | No | interactive graphics | |
| Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Open source | Notes |
[edit] Operating system support
The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation).
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAUSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| LabVIEW | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Mathematica | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| MATLAB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| GNU Octave | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scilab | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Sysquake | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
