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# Page 21 - Reviews of MATLAB

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Prince J.  
Biomedical Research Associate  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great program for programming - but there are powerful alternatives"

May 1, 2019

5.0

I've used it to analyze data sets and create graphs, charts, predictive models with machine learning and calculations that have been very insightful. I have also used it to rename all my files in a directory whenever I got lazy and needed to switch to a new naming convention.

Pros

Great interface, runs fast and smooth. I never had a major issue using the program besides user-issues (like running a code with an error in it that would loop or take too long).

Cons

It's very expensive and not used universally.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Estudiante  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Matlab"

November 24, 2021

4.0

Pros

Me gusta que su idioma de programación sea tan sencilla e intuitiva

Cons

Que la aplicación tanto online como descargada es muy lenta

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Maryori C.  
Administrative Assistant  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Engineering made easy"

May 20, 2019

5.0

Happy, and we are trying to create a study group to share our experiences.

Pros

This is one of the best products in the market to solve maths problems. This has a lot of add-ons that make all tasks easy. The plot function works nice and gives an idea about the current problem.

Cons

Learning curve, but after a months everyone can master and apply some advanced functions in a couple of minutes. Besides that the software overall works really great and friendly.

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Sarah M.  
Software Engineer  
Information Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Outstanding product for solving various scientific as well as engineering problems"

December 17, 2018

5.0

If I talk about my overall experience, I would say MATLAB is mind blowing software that help us in making programs as well as graphs consisting of simple and complex calculations within short time.

Pros

MATLAB is the best available software that provides easy ways of making programs and accomplish various tasks immediately. In order to start beginning work on MATLAB, users just need to have little bit knowledge of C/C++ or Java. Another plus point is that it comprises of various toolboxes that can be easily installed in order to have specific themes.

Cons

I am satisfied with this product as it offers excellent solutions for making effective, powerful and reliable programs. One of the drawbacks is that it lacks the option of making library in single file. Furthermore, if you are dealing with a big project, for this you must need to have several different files.

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Sepali W.  
Student  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab for machine learning"

September 9, 2019

4.0

Pros

Matlab is a mathematical software which we use for process, analyze and visualize data. I'm using matlab for various machine learning projects. It is a good tool for beginners. we can write clear and understandable codes. (no need to write long codes). Visualizing of data helps us to understand the structure of the data sets. Codes run faster as we can vectorize the implementations. there is a online version of matlab. It helps to run our codes anywhere, anytime. therefore we can use a slower machines also. there are many software libraries.

Cons

It takes a long time to load the program into the machine. (heavy program). The software is slow. could not run in slower computers. Not suitable for commercial applications. there are other languages which we can use easily.

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MM

Mouad M.  
mech  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Matlab review"

September 12, 2023

4.0

very good

Pros

i find simulation and programmation ,plots and forcasting the best features in matlabOlso easy to use

Cons

the pricing is beyond the ability of the students

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IC

Ian C.  
Structural Engineer  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB is a powerful matrix toolbox"

February 24, 2022

5.0

Pros

If you understand the basic theory behind engineering procedures, you can code it.

Cons

Employing object-oriented programming is not the simplest

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SK

Subrat K.  
Chatbot Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great product for analyzing and doing complex mathematical analysis"

July 29, 2022

5.0

I had a pretty good experience with MatLab and I was able to use most of its functionalities without much effort

Pros

This software enables one to do a wide variety of analysis and complete some of the complex mathematical analysis

Cons

Simulink needs to upgrade a few libraries and blocks for electromechanical analysis should be made available

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FC

Fabrizio C.  
Ingegnere  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Software decisivamente fantastico e completo"

November 7, 2022

5.0

Utilizzato in ambito accademico. Entrambe le tesi sono state relaizzate in MatLab.

Pros

MatLab è un software che un ingegnere/matematico/fisico deve saper utilizzare.Utilizzato sin dal liceo utilissimo per piccoli listati di programmazione ma anche fantastico per Simulink e PDE Modeler.

Cons

Non ritengo che ci siano inconvenienti. Piuttosto da migliorare la velocità dei tools.

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Axel M.  
Student  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Easy and effective "

April 14, 2022

5.0

I am not a good programmer, but using Matlab I had the chance to understand how codifications work in a very easy way. I created great programs with great analyzed information.

Pros

This software is very easy to understand. Its feature permit displaying data in any possible way. Great graphics, tools and layouts.

Cons

I don’t have something to complain about.

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Tushar G.  
Software Engineer  
Medical Devices  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "MATLAB IDE Review"

April 8, 2021

4.0

The business problems that I am solving are signal processing, disturbance signal creation and calculation, plot creation, and image creation. Overall, Matlab is a great tool for processing and simulation tasks.

Pros

The most impactful features for me are - the wide range of libraries for ease of signal processing, plot creation, different types of graphs like line graphs, bar graphs, histograms can be created with ease. Ease to import and export values to files either .csv, excel, etc.

Cons

The features that can be improved in this software are the display and creation of video files. Matlab App creation can also be improved.

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Ege K.  
Graduate Assistant  
Aviation & Aerospace  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "matlab review"

December 3, 2020

5.0

Overall I really enjoy doing my coding work in the MATLAB

Pros

Matlab has the best toolbox overall the programming tools and its very useful for doing all sorts of analysis

Cons

I don't like the overhead of the source code which is way higher than other programming languages in the market

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Anna M.  
Pavement Analysis and Design Engineer  
Government Administration  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A great tool for civil engineering applications"

July 3, 2018

5.0

Pros

I'm a civil engineer, and have used MatLab for numerous applications from structural, geotech, and seismic design purposes. I find it's quite good for anything iterative. It was easy to learn how to build scripts since I already coded Java before I got into MatLab. It's quite similar in syntax and commands. I recommend MatLab to all engineers who process data, especially anything to do with radar.

Cons

To really get the most effectiveness out of it, you need to have some knowledge of coding, preferably in Java or C, meaning it can be harder to use office-wide, depending on the skill set of all team members.

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CL

Christopher L.  
Applications  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great programming software for graphing, calculations and creating other programs"

May 4, 2019

5.0

Pros

Matlab is similar to Python compare to C++ . This software is arguably the easiest programming language to learn and it has the same capability as to other programming languages. The software runs very smoothly and has no problems or errors using it for long periods of time. The friendly UI layout makes it very functional as buttons that are used more often are more accessible. This powerful tool is also capable of graphing complex figures and graphs which will show you trends and everything on the graph created. Overall, I believe this software is a basic need for everyone especially engineers.

Cons

Matlab is very expensive compared to other software but it is justified. When large amounts of data are included in the program, it lags out sometimes as it takes some time to analyse the data input.

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MAI

Mohammad Aminul I.  
Graduate Research Assistant  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB"

November 21, 2018

4.0

I have been using MATLAB for 9 years now. I do all my plot and data analysis for journal publication in MATLAB. All the parameters can be controlled and high quality images can be produced easily in MATLAB. And it is a powerful tool for performing any kind of optimization. Only time I face problem when handling large data set. But over last 9 years, its improved significantly.

Pros

The software is easy to use and have powerful graphical tools. Visualization of any 2D or 3D plot is very easy. It has some powerful toolbox to perform optimization and curve fitting. The software is user-friendly.

Cons

MATLAB is built in the matrix format. So, every input needs to be in a form of a matrix which limits some of the flexibility of the software.

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SR

Sean R.  
Professor  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent package"

May 18, 2021

5.0

Matlab is one of the most powerful tools I learned about in college. I frequently find ways to utilize it for data analysis, solutions of equations, graphing, etc. It's an essentially piece of virtually all engineering curricula in higher education. I believe every student graduating as an engineer should become well versed in its use.

Pros

Since I first learned about Matlab as an undergraduate in Electrical Engineering it has been a central tool that I have used for the past 26 years. Matlab provides a great amount of tools in one package and has a programming language that is quick to pick up. I highly recommend it for engineers. I use this in my course delivery in higher education frequently.

Cons

The major con to Matlab is that it hogs system resources. I frequently find that my laptop (even a 6 core Xeon inside) slows quite a bit when it runs. That's not to say that my computer can't handle Matlab, bu more a comment that I'm glad I have the resources I do. A second con is that its GUI software, GUIDE, is somewhat klunky compared to Visual Studio or

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HK

Honari K.  
Research Associate  
Computer & Network Security  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best college software "

August 30, 2020

5.0

Pros

If you are a student, you definitely need to learn Matlab. There are a lot of toolboxes in Matlab that makes it easy for every work you want to do. No matter what is your field of study, you always need to work with Matlab. It has a lot of functionalities and they add more each day to make it more complete.

Cons

They update this software each day. This include the functions. This makes it difficult to work with it sometimes. For example, you have coded with Matlab 2 years ago, now you want to run it with an updated Matlab, but it does not work since some of the functions you used in that version of Matlab are not valid in the new version.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Asset Manager/System Admin  
Oil & Energy  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Useful tool with a big price and learning curve"

July 18, 2018

5.0

Pros

Matlab and Simulink are incredibly versatile tools available with a number of supplemental toolboxes. Tools available are good for everything from AI and Machine learning to process analysis and simulation.

Cons

There are no good solutions for organizations that support a primarily global user base. While these licenses are available, they are unnecessarily expensive. Applications are complicated with a steep learning curve. Multiple times we have discussed options for open licensing to include all available toolboxes rather than purchasing everything piecemeal. After having the same conversation for 4 years, no progress has been made.

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DD

Devraj D.  
CEO  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best Tool for Data Analysis, Design and Simulation"

March 7, 2022

5.0

I am using Matlab from my college. Matlab is must needed software for engineering students and help me on various projects.

Pros

\- Best for data presentation and reporting - Help us to simulate the project for better understanding - Easy to use and helpful in research work - Having user-friendly Library - Eye appealing data plotting feature

Cons

\- Needs more computational power and RAM - Makes our whole system slow - Individual cannot Afford

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Research Scholar  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB: One tool for all"

March 12, 2020

4.0

I have been using Matlab for the last 5 years for academic and research purposes. I'm pretty happy with its usability.

Pros

Matlab comes with a huge set of functions which saves a lot of coding time. The syntax used in Matlab is pretty easy.

Cons

its inability to handle large set of data.

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SM

Stephanie M.  
Math Tutor  
Individual & Family Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The Matlab that Almost Wasn't"

January 15, 2019

5.0

Pros

This software was recommended to me when I was taking a graduate course in Quantum Chemistry and my friend suggested that I just buy it on ebay. I tried for three weeks to buy that software and I was having no luck. I love on the east coast of the US and I was constantly being outbid by people on the west coast that did not have to get up early in the morning to go to work. Finally after weeks of frustration I found someone selling the software on the east coast and I won the auction. I was on cloud nine for about 24 hours. I came home from work the next day to find Pensacola , Florida being evacuated because of hurricane Ivan. Now I,m sure you can guess where the seller of my software lived. Luckily we contacted the seller that night and he and my software had been safely evacuated to Georgia. I know that was a long introduction, but I do love this software. It is easy to use and comes in handy when you need to draw graphs. I never had the struggles that other people had when it came time to do labs that required graphs. Marian was worth every cent that I paid for it. I had used Maple and Mathcad previously, but Marian is my favorite.

Cons

I have no negative comments about the product. I do want to make a comment on the lack of exposure outside of math, engineering or physical science classes. I think students from other disciplines would benefit greatly from using this product. I think students with less mathematical experience would be very pleased with how easy Marian is to use and understand.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
student  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "One of the best engineering tool"

June 16, 2021

5.0

According to my experience around 5 years this is very supportive and essential software in engineering.

Pros

I have been using this since I started my university life. This is a very advanced tool for programming and simulations. Even though I have being using this for a long time I am still getting to know new functions as Matlab can perform in plenty of ways. This was very useful in data presentations and processing. It also have a good supportive website which include all type of codes and examples.

Cons

This is very useful but very hard to get used. Some functions are too complex to get to know quickly. One should start practicing with it to perform well.

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Daniela M. C.  
Asistente de Docencia  
Research  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent software for signal processing (audio,video/image)"

February 1, 2019

4.0

During my bachelor and master's degree, I had to decide for a computational tool to help me solve the required problems. The amount of applications I found for Matlab was huge. Not only it has helped me with signal and digital image processing, but with communications and modeling. I found a complete and easy software for any problem I had. Now, I'm working with data science and can use the same platform.

Pros

The software has a fast learning curve and permits the interaction with external hardware devices and embedded systems.

Cons

The large number of complements and applications make the installation and loading process hard. There should be an option to install only the required packages.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Network Support Engineer at Cisco Technical Assistance Center  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab Software"

December 28, 2018

5.0

Overall experience with Matlab is very good. I have had the chance to create interesting programs to analyze voice signal based on recordings and modify attributes further such as frequency or length.

Pros

What I like the most is the GUI it offers to present your work. While others softwares only allow you to purely code, you can run your code in a interactive way and will be ready for production inmediately. Additionally, it offers a great variety of mathematical models and the software is very well documented.

Cons

Depending on the amount of code and content you generated, Matlab might consume a lot of computer resources that you would probably need to have only this program running on your PC if you have a low capacity computer. If you want everything to run smooth you might need a very advanced PC to check your entire work.

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Andrew C.  
Software Development Engineer  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best and superb software that is used to make quick and powerful programs. "

July 30, 2018

5.0

Pros

MATLAB is a high level technical computing language that is frequently used for visualization, numerical computation and programming. It is powerful tool that is used by thousands of people worldwide. It's syntax is same as other programming language so it is very easy to use.

Cons

There are no cons pertaining this software but sometimes this software takes a quite long time while downloading. Another con is that this software sometimes work slowly due to which we have to reboot the program. Another limitations is that it is difficult to make library in one file and for bigger project we need to have several different files.

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