
C
onsidering that MATLAB can be expensive for students, there are other
software programs that were developed and are available on the Internet,
with features similar to MATLAB. These software choices also use
matrices as the basic data type and have built-in support for complex numbers.
Most importantly, they are available for free. Two of the better known software
options with similar features to MATLAB are Scilab and GNU Octave.
SCILAB
Scilab, developed by the Scilab Group of INRIA, has similar syntax and features
as MATLAB. Since this is a matrix-based language, it can perform matrix
manipulation and mathematical operations. ...