Alternative for Matlab on Mac OS X

By chandra.ireddy at Thu, Jul 22 2010 3:25pm |

Hi

I am sorry if this question was asked earlier. I want to know the best alternative for Matlab on Mac OS X, I mean open source.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Chandra

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Thu, 2010-07-22 18:43 — jeffcopes

Hi Chandra, I use Octave. It

Hi Chandra,

I use Octave. It requires you also install GNUPLot, but is a good replacement. It does not have a full set of MATLAB features, but most of the matrix, vector, and plotting features are still there.

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

Good luck!

Jeff Copes
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Thu, 2010-07-22 18:59 — beckmart

other alternative: Scilab Hi

other alternative: Scilab

Hi Chandra,

I did not work myself with one of the mentioned alternatives, but Scilab is also a free alternative to MatLab.
see

http://www.scilab.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilab

Kind regards

Martin

Fri, 2010-07-23 01:58 — sdhyok

R is better than MATLAB in

R is better than MATLAB in some aspects and FREE.
Most of all, it has a strong user community.

http://www.r-project.org/

Fri, 2010-07-23 06:54 — asn

I've used MATLAB quite a

I've used MATLAB quite a bit, and Octave is the most similar. Standard functions have nearly the same syntax. In fact, much code can run in both MATLAB and Octave with no modification.

That being said, Python is quite nice. It is open source, has a strong user community, and is very cross platform friendly. There is a bit of a learning curve, but this language has many nice open source extensions like scipy, numpy, and pynifti (if you deal with neuroimaging...). Scipy has several extensions that allow for MATLAB-like plotting, and numpy (included with scipy) has good numerical routines.

If you want a MATLAB clone, get Octave. If you want a powerful cross platform tool that offers a bit more extensive capabilities, check out Python.

Sat, 2010-07-24 17:40 — nicofournier

Octave is worth a try. Just

Octave is worth a try.

Just to echo some previous comments. It is most compatible with Matlab.
You can find a quick How-To install it at the following link.

Nico

www.volcanoloco.org
www.gns.cri.nz

Wed, 2010-07-28 01:13 — cosplay

I did not work myself with

I did not work myself with one of the mentioned alternatives, but Scilab is also a free alternative to MatLab.