by Rodolfo Rodrigues on October 13th, 2008 at 1:04 pm in Math package, Softwares
Tagged with algebra, calculus, CAM, Matlab, numerical computation, open source, scicos, scilab

Scilab is an open source platform for numerical computation providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications.
Since 1994 it has been distributed freely along with the source code via the Internet. It is currently used in educational and industrial environments around the world. Read more of this »
by Rodolfo Rodrigues on October 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm in Computer-aided design, Softwares
Tagged with dia, diagram, drawing, gtk+

Dia is a GTK+ based program to draw structured diagrams released under the GPL license.
Dia is roughly inspired by the commercial Windows program Microsoft Office Visio, though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. Read more of this »
by Rodolfo Rodrigues on September 3rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm in Math package, Softwares
Tagged with algebra, calculus, math, maxima, open source

Maxima is an open-source system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including:
by Rodolfo Rodrigues on September 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm in Process simulation, Softwares
Tagged with cape-open, coco, free, process simulator, sequential modular simulator

COCO (CAPE-OPEN to CAPE-OPEN) is a free-of-charge CAPE-OPEN compliant steady-state simulation environment consisting of the following components:
- COFE – the CAPE-OPEN Flowsheet Environment is an intuitive graphical user interface to chemical flowsheeting. COFE has sequential solution algorithm using automatic tear streams. COFE displays properties of streams, deals with unit-conversion and provides plotting facilities.
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by Rodolfo Rodrigues on September 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pm in Process simulation, Softwares
Tagged with ALSOC Project, EMSO, equation-based simulator, linux, open library, process simulator

EMSO (Environment for Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization) is a graphical environment where the user can model complex processes simply selecting and connecting the equipment models. ALSOC Project develops and maintains state-of-the-art this software and distributes it at no cost to the universities and partner companies. The main features of EMSO follows: