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What is GNU Octave?

GNU Octave is an open-source mathematical modeling and simulation software very similar to using the same language as Matlab and Freemat.

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GNU Octave is an open-source mathematical modeling and simulation software very similar to using the same language as Matlab and Freemat.


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"Octave Review by Hassan Charafeddine"
It is almost the same syntax at Matlab can do 90% of the work and more, got improved a lot over the time
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The best part about octave is it is open source and anyone (even atudent) can use it. The programming language is very easy and proves to be a grea...
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The best part about GNU Octave is the user-friendly interface, with the writing interface directly available as we open the software. Hence, it mak...
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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

It is free software that can be used to achieve all functionality that a licensed product Matlab provides. It can be used as an alternate for the same. Not only that but we can use it to model statistical data and analyze. In this sense it also can be used an alternative to 'R' Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

No Graphics User Interface. It is just a command-line utility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I had used it to implement and execute Machine Learning algorithms and operate on datasets using matrix operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

Octave is pretty simple to work. we can handle large dataset and apply Machine learning techniques very efficiently. Even we can plot Gradient descent and visualize it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

You need to learn their syntax, its almost similar to C but still you need to get familiar with the syntax Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I usually use this to visualize Machine learning . i plotted gradient descent and pretty easily understand the cost function by visualization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

Numerical experiments using a language is the best thing i see in GNU octave Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

I didn’t find anything yet that makes me to dislike GNU octave Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Simply the best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Compatibility with MATLAB is the best thing i saw in GNU octave Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

It is much user friendly and intutive to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

Slow runtime for relatively large input. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have solved machine learning problems using GNU octave. It is too much easy as a beginner to learn and implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

Its free and have all the basic functions that most people would need and its syntax is similar to matlab Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

Not so many toolboxes so will need to write some functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GNU Octave:

Very powerful and free so give it a shot before spending your money on matlab Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mathematical problems mostly in signal processing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

Speed of GNU Octave is quite good. It is better then Matlab in terms of Memory usage it does not take a lot of memory and Ram . I used it for a while for machine learning computation . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

User interface of Gnu Octave isn't good at all . it is too complex to work in machine learning and unable to do deep learning in GNU Octave . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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It is better then Matlab in terms of Memory usage it does not take a lot of memory and Ram . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was using GNU Octave for machine learning . Benefit of GNU Octave is that it can work on low latency laptop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

I love Octave because it supports almost all code structure of matlab scripts and works quite well.

Nowadays there is any good reason to continue to work with matlab since most of the tools are available in python, so it seems reasonable to continue supporting open software like octave that permits the support of this language in opensource fashon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

Many libraries are still missing or incomplete if you want to port old scripts very tempered to run with matlab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I worked with a old matlab script for study of the control in nuclear plasma wall interaction. Mixing Octave with C and C++.

It was easy to port and to interface with such procedures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

Octave is a very effective and an open-source software for coding and ploting. Also best for numerical computations. As I'm interested in photovoltaics, Octave helps me gather chunks of data and make good visualization plots. I love playing with Octave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

I don't count it as a downside because every coin has its two sides. Yes there are few fancy libraries not present in Octave relative to its alternatives but it did not hinder my working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GNU Octave:

It's a pretty amazing software and satisfies every need for statistical and machine learning algorithms..Good for handling visualization plots. Must use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am currently using Octave to solve numerical calculations and for plots used in solar systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

It's Open Source and a highly powerful platform for scientific computing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

Nothing as of yet. The Gui could further be improved but performance wise its great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

Machine learning and Computational Physics. Very robust and an effective tool for creating prototype code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GNU Octave?

The compiling method and memory accessing capabilities.

Also the machine learning and AI modules which help in short coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Octave?

The interface is old styled and should be updated to interfaces like python and R. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GNU Octave:

If you want to implement Machine learning algorithms, GNU OCTAVE is the right software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Octave solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am doing machine learning course from Stanford University through coursera.

Ease of coding, like if you are previous user of matlab its blisss for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.