Software tools

• Scilab/XCos

Scilab is an open source software for numerical computations. It is very similar to Matlab. XCos, which is part of Scilab, is a graphical dynamical system modeler and simulator, and the counterpart of Simulink. A lot of Matlab commands also work in Scilab, some are only named differently. Also, the graphical user interface (GUI) is very similar to Matlab.
For more detailed information, please read the user documentation in the download area or visit http://www.scilab.org/.


• HeuristicLab

HeuristicLab is an open source framework for heuristic and evolutionary algorithms that is developed by members of the Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) since 2002 and is freely available at http://dev.heuristiclab.com.
For more detailed information, please read the user documentation in the download area.