Comparison of numerical-analysis software
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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) | Open source | Notes | |
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GAUSS | Aptech Systems | 1984 | 8.0 / 2006 | No | mainly used in econometrics | ||
MATLAB | The MathWorks | the late 1970s | R2006b / 2006 | $1900 (commercial) / $99 (student) | No | mainly used for technical computing | |
GNU Octave | John W. Eaton | around 1988 | 1993 | 2.0.17 / 2002 | Free | Yes | mostly compatible with MATLAB |
R | R Foundation | 2.4.0 / 2006 | Free | Yes | mainly used in statistics | ||
Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Open source | Notes |
Operating system support
The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation).
Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
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GAUSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
MATLAB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
GNU Octave | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |