Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:optimization': 0.07; 'url:gnu': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'equivalent;': 0.09; 'matlab': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'url:launchpad': 0.09; 'open-source': 0.13; 'url:software': 0.13; '"free"': 0.16; 'bieber': 0.16; 'email addr:ix.netcom.com': 0.16; 'email name:wlfraed': 0.16; 'from:addr:ix.netcom.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:wlfraed': 0.16; 'from:name:dennis lee bieber': 0.16; 'message-id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'received:wlfraed': 0.16; 'url:netcom': 0.16; 'url:wlfraed': 0.16; 'wolfgang': 0.16; 'wrong)': 0.16; 'wulfraed': 0.16; 'syntax': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'received:166': 0.18; 'suggest': 0.20; 'url:home': 0.21; "doesn't": 0.22; 'feb': 0.22; 'interface': 0.23; '+0100,': 0.23; 'url:wiki': 0.29; 'closer': 0.30; 'tool.': 0.30; 'equivalent': 0.31; 'engineering': 0.31; 'thu,': 0.32; 'does': 0.32; 'supposed': 0.32; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'lee': 0.34; 'probably': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; '...': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'interface.': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'url:org': 0.39; 'url:en': 0.39; 'subject:Software': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'more': 0.61; 'free': 0.64; 'dennis': 0.73; 'analysis': 0.77; 'statistic': 0.84; 'stochastic': 0.84; 'subject:tool': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Software tool for stochastic simulation as well as for the stochastic optimization Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:12:40 -0500 References: <20120209172409.19a887eb.feliphil@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mobile-166-147-103-136.mycingular.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1328807579 news.xs4all.nl 6947 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40772 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:20089 On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:24:09 +0100, Wolfgang Keller wrote: >> I plan to work in decision support field in environmental engineering >> so I will use both the stochastic simulation as well as the stochastic >> optimization. >> I would like to select the best for both approaches software tool. >> >> what you suggest ... Matlab ... python ... something else? > >I have no clue whether it does stochastic simulation and optimisation, >but R is THE free open-source statistic analysis tool. It does have >a Python interface, RPy. And there's a free open-source replacement for >Matlab, Scilab. Which has a Python interface as well. > I always thought Octave was considered the "free" Matlab equivalent; syntax supposed to be closer -- R is more an equivalent of S. Probably doesn't have a Python interface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html (Looks like I was wrong) https://launchpad.net/pytave -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/