MATLAB/Octave Scientific Computing

MATLAB is a numerical computing environment optimized for matrix operations and scientific computing. GNU Octave is a free, open-source alternative with high MATLAB compatibility.

Quick Start

Running MATLAB scripts:

# MATLAB (commercial)
matlab -nodisplay -nosplash -r "run('script.m'); exit;"

# GNU Octave (free, open-source)
octave script.m

Install GNU Octave:

# macOS
brew install octave