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There exist two categories of general scientific software: computer algebra systems that perform symbolic computations, and general purpose numerical systems performing numerical computations and designed specifically for scientific applications. The best-known examples in the first category are Maple, Mathematica, Maxima, Axiom, and MuPad. The second category represents a larger market dominated by MATLAB. Scilab belongs to this second category.
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Campbell, S.L., Chancelier, JP., Nikoukhah, R. (2010). General Information. In: Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos with ScicosLab 4.4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5527-2_1
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