Matlab - Octave science and engineering benchmarking and comparison

Authors:
A. P. Leros;A. Andreatos;A. Zagorianos
Affiliations:
Department of Automation, School of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Chalkis, Psachna, Evia, Greece and Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Hellenic Air Force ...;Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Dekeleia, Attica, Greece;Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Dekeleia, Attica, Greece
Venue:
ICCOMP'10 Proceedings of the 14th WSEAS international conference on Computers: part of the 14th WSEAS CSCC multiconference - Volume II
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to compare from various aspects two widely used numerical computation applications, namely Matlab and Octave, based on execution time performance tests. These tests implement three science and engineering applications which are carefully written to run on both Matlab and Octave. Based on our benchmark results as well as other factors for assessing software, we conclude that Octave is a noteworthy software for scientific and engineering applications and a free alternative to Matlab, adequate for most cases.