Obtaining MATLAB and Octave

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Carey Smith
Oxnard College

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You need to install either MATLAB or Octave for this course. MATLAB has some advantages:

MATLAB has better error checking and better help. MATLAB's documentation is better, but you can most of MATLAB's documentation without purchasing a license.
MATLAB runs faster. This is not an issue for this class' assignments, but is an issue for large analysis code you might use professionally.
If you would like to have instruction in espanol, this is a link to a playlist of 24 videos on many Matlab/Octave topics:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-p96nOrGcYsb5oML9JunGDgduyt-0gb

Purchasing MATLAB

The basic MATLAB student license is $49, which is a great deal. The MATLAB licenses are valid for as long as you are a student anywhere. The link to purchase the MATLAB license is:

https://www.mathworks.com/store/link/products/student/new?s_iid=htb_buy_gtwy_cta3

If you wish, you can choose the MATLAB & Simulink Student Suite is $99. This includes a number of toolboxes and Simulink, which you may find useful in future classes. This is also a great deal, but is not needed for this class.

Obtaining Octave

Octave can be downloaded at this link:

https://www.gnu.org/software/octave

Octave Online runs online without downloading at this link. You need to create an account.

Octave Online · Cloud IDE compatible with MATLAB (octave-online.net)

Octave Online also runs on Chrome.

Octave Online - Chrome Web Store (google.com)