Author : 
Foster, Kenneth R.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Bioeng., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Software upgrades that are bringing much greater versatility to handling general mathematical problems and manipulating matrices are described. Guidelines for selecting a package are given. Representative packages are listed in a table.<>
         
        
            Keywords : 
mathematics computing; matrix algebra; manipulation; mathematical problems; matrices; software packages; Chemical analysis; Data engineering; Data visualization; Differential equations; Graphics; Hard disks; Packaging; Personal communication networks; Software packages; Workstations;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Spectrum, IEEE