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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
[http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ GNU Octave] is a free numerical computing | |||
environment largely compatible with Matlab. [[User:jwe|John W. Eaton]] began the project in 1992 and remains the primary maintainer. Development is quite active with more than 20 volunteers currently involved. Octave is also widely used in teaching, industry, and research. It has gained attention as the recommended tool for a number of distributed online courses such as | environment largely compatible with Matlab. [[User:jwe|John W. Eaton]] began the project in 1992 and remains the primary maintainer. Development is quite active with more than 20 volunteers currently involved. Octave is also widely used in teaching, industry, and research. It has gained attention as the recommended tool for a number of distributed online courses such as [https://www.coursera.org/course/ml Stanford's machine learning course]. | ||
GNU Octave has an extensive core of functions useful for computations | GNU Octave has an extensive core of functions useful for computations | ||
in several fields, such as numerical analysis, optimisation, signal and image | in several fields, such as numerical analysis, optimisation, signal and image | ||
processing, and control theory. Its sister project, | processing, and control theory. Its sister project, [http://octave.sourceforge.net/ Octave Forge], | ||
develops and releases packages with even more specialized functions. | |||
In addition, it helps in speeding up development, increasing user | |||
contributions, and testing code before it is included in GNU Octave's core set of | contributions, and testing code before it is included in GNU Octave's core set of | ||
functions. | functions. | ||
Recent and ongoing improvements include a GUI and just-in-time compilation capabilities, both of which started as GSoC projects. | Recent and ongoing improvements include a GUI and just-in-time | ||
compilation capabilities, both of which started as GSoC projects. | |||
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