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Re: Neophyte: Can I use Octave instead of Matlab in an intro Econometri
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Jaroslav Hajek |
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Re: Neophyte: Can I use Octave instead of Matlab in an intro Econometrics Course? |
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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:30:27 +0100 |
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:26 AM, andrewcd <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Hi Carlos. To clarify:
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> I will be taking an intro graduate level econometrics course.
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> We are instructed to use matlab for the problem sets.
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> If I try to use Octave instead, is something likely to go wrong?
Depends. Note that simply asking this question may have changed the outcome :)
> Is it
> basically a clone?
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No. But it's close. A lot of the core Matlab functionality is
duplicated. A number of useful extensions are added, while a lot is
still missing.
> Is matlab:Octave::MSWord:Openoffice?
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> Or is the relationship different?
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It's different. To use your symbolics, the equation
OpenOffice.org:Sun::Octave:X has no solution for X.
I recommend you ask for explicit permission to use Octave in the
course, and possibly give the teacher the information gathered here.
regards
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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek, PhD
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz