by Rodolfo Rodrigues on October 29th, 2008 at 1:29 pm in Process simulation, Softwares with 2 comments
Tagged with ASCEND, equation-based simulator, open source, process simulator, pyGTK

ASCEND is an open source modelling environment and solver for large or small systems of non-linear equations, for use in engineering, thermodynamics, chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology. Solvers for both steady and dynamic (NLA & DAE) problems, are provided. It offers:
- An object-oriented model description language for describing your system,
- An interactive user interface that allows you to solve your model and explore the effect of changing the model parameters, and
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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: