R (programming language)!

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R (programming language) alternatives

  • MATLAB

  • MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and programming language. Maintained by The MathWorks, MATLAB allows easy matrix manipulation, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs in other languages. Although it is numeric only, an optional toolbox uses the MuPAD symbolic engine, allowing access to computer algebra capabilities. An additional package, Simulink, adds graphical multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design for dynamic and embedded systems. »

    tags: computer-algebra data-analysis embedded-debugger mathematics matrix
  • GNU Octave

  • Octave is a computer program for performing numerical computations which is mostly compatible with MATLAB. It is part of the GNU Project. It is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

    tags: mathematics matlab numerical-analysis numerical-computations
  • Mathematica

  • Mathematica is a computational software program used widely in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing.

    tags: algebra algebraic-manipulation arbitrary-precision calculus-solving cloud-integration
  • SciPy & Numpy

  • SciPy (pronounced "Sigh Pie") is open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering. It is also the name of a very popular conference on scientific programming with Python. The SciPy library depends on NumPy, which provides convenient and fast N-dimensional array manipulation.

    tags: mathematics computer-algebra
  • Julia

  • Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive mathematical function library. The library, largely written in Julia itself, also integrates mature, best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear algebra, random number generation, signal processing, and string processing. »

    tags: compilers development libuv mathematics numerical
  • Scilab

  • Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab is an open source software and includes hundreds of mathematical functions with the possibility to add interactively programs from various languages (C, C++, Fortran…).It has sophisticated data structures (including lists, polynomials, rational functions, linear systems...), an interpreter and a high level programming language.

    tags: mathematics numerical
  • PSPP

  • PSPP is a free software application for analysis of sampled data. It has a graphical user interface and conventional command line interface. It is written in C, uses GNU Scientific Library for its mathematical routines, and plotutils for generating graphs. It is intended as a free replacement of the proprietary program, SPSS.

    tags: statistics mathematics graphs statistical-analysis graphing
  • Maple

  • Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, as well as symbolic computation and visualization. Examples of symbolic computations are given below.Maple incorporates a dynamically typed imperative-style programming language which resembles Pascal. The language permits variables of lexical scope. There are also interfaces to other languages (C, C#, Fortran, Java, MATLAB, and Visual Basic). There is also an interface with Excel.Maple supports MathML 2.0, a W3C format for representing and interpreting mathematical expressions, including their display in Web pages. »

    tags: mathematics computer-algebra-system
  • SOFA Statistics

  • SOFA Statistics is an open-source statistical package, with an emphasis on ease of use, learn as you go, and beautiful output. The name stands for Statistics Open For All. It has a graphical user interface and can connect directly to MySQL, SQLite, MS Access, and MS SQL Server. Data can also be imported from CSV or MS Excel files. The main statistical tests available are Independent and Paired t-tests, Wilcoxon signed ranks, Mann–Whitney U, Pearsons chi square, Kruskal Wallis H, one-way ANOVA, Spearmans R, and Pearsons R. Nested tables can be produced with row and column percentages, totals, sd, mean, median, and sum. »

    tags: reporting statistical-analysis