Section: New Software and Platforms

SCILAB

Scientific Description: Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions. It has a high level programming language allowing access to advanced data structures, 2-D and 3-D graphical functions.

A large number of functionalities is included in Scilab:

Maths & Simulation For usual engineering and science applications including mathematical operations and data analysis. 2-D & 3-D Visualization Graphics functions to visualize, annotate and export data and many ways to create and customize various types of plots and charts. Optimization Algorithms to solve constrained and unconstrained continuous and discrete optimization problems. Statistics Tools to perform data analysis and modeling Control System Design & Analysis Standard algorithms and tools for control system study Signal Processing Visualize, analyze and filter signals in time and frequency domains. Application Development Increase Scilab native functionalities and manage data exchanges with external tools. Xcos - Hybrid dynamic systems modeler and simulator Modeling mechanical systems, hydraulic circuits, control systems...

Functional Description: Scilab is free and open source software for numerical computation providing a powerful computing environment for engineering and scientific applications.

• Participant: Grégoire Allaire

• Contact: Grégoire Allaire

• URL: http://www.scilab.org/