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# Page 29 - Reviews of MATLAB

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Matlab for engineering students"

February 11, 2020

5.0

As a student, the sheer volume of tools that Matlab provides is astounding, since it covers many fields of engineering.

Pros

It is extremelly useful for complex calculations and simulations, such as machine learning and image processing. It comes with some default functions, which helps beginners into an easier introduction on the software.

Cons

The program itself is a heavy load for the hardware, it can be slow sometimes. Also, it's many functionalities and GUI can be overwhelming.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Internal Auditor  
Banking  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Most popular, most self-improving program of recent times"

September 23, 2020

5.0

math genius who solves difficult problems easily. easy to use

Pros

A computer computing environment that every engineer should know a little bit to use. It has everything from control to pde cozen toolboxes. Simulink is widely used and is number one in chart analysis. You can run c scripts.

Cons

Therefore, the help part can be improved a little more. It is quite an expensive program, its toolboxes are sold separately, and you end up with a fairly large sum in total.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Demonsttrator  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB for math works"

October 28, 2019

5.0

Pros

Convenient and user friendly software. software can be used for many mathematical related works. for practical simulations of control theory , genetic Algorithms and neural networks Matlab is the best software and it makes everything much easier. in teaching and demonstrating, this software assist a lot.

Cons

it is a bit confusing if we use self learning method. some features and processes are hard to understand however, its a good software.

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AA

Asfand A.  
Student  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Student's Ease"

December 5, 2018

4.0

I am currently doing my University project on SImulink.It helped me alot by saving my time for writing thousands of lines of codes. Its gives us real time monitoring

Pros

1) Students can easily use Simulink to make a project instead of writing lengthy codes. 2)The documentation of MATLAB is excellent .I haven't seen such a detailed discussion of any block , function,etc in any other software

Cons

It does not provide each and every block in a Simulink. We have to make function by ourselves.

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JS

Joshua S.  
Equipment Engineer  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "This is an excellent program for engineering evaluations and creating useful functions quickly."

June 20, 2018

5.0

Pros

What I like most about this software aside from its GUI interface that parallels looks and usability to popular programs such as MS Office is its publishing feature. I think it is great how a report can be written up within the code format and with the click of a button, a report can be published that included written text and a user organized format and presentation of functions performed within the script or program file. This makes it very convenient as it allows everything to be together in one file, with a report generated without the necessity of a word processing application and splice in excerpts from the script or program file.

Cons

While the product is an excellent value an customer support is outstanding, I do feel that it is still very very expensive. The expense is only worth it I feel if it is a program that will be used on a daily basis, otherwise, I feel the price tag may not be worth it for occasional users or those seeking the conveniences provided by it.

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PL

Parker L.  
Managing Engineer  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB Review"

November 13, 2018

5.0

I use MATLAB daily. I use it as it's simplest as a calculator, but I've also generated projectile motion and vehicle dynamics simulations to help visualize my work. Students can usually get cheap licenses. I think it is one of my most valuable tools as an engineer.

Pros

As an engineer, MatLab was the first coding software I was taught. I use MatLab almost daily basically as a super calculator. Anyone with coding fundamentals can use MatLab's language to solve their given problem. My business has a couple licenses, and interacting with the customer support has always been very simple and easy. It's post-processing and plotting capabilities are also simple and incredible.

Cons

What I like least is what others may like most. Matlab churns out biannual software updates, and if you don't update it, you will get a notification each time you boot it up. Since I use the software so frequently, sometimes these updates change up the interface and where various features are. When this happens, it's usually pretty easy to get reacclimated to the new

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Ingeniero de procesos  
Food & Beverages  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Digging into data with Matlab"

September 19, 2018

5.0

I used matlab to develop scripts to read and analyse NIR spectra data for laboratory models development.

Pros

Very good working with matrices and loops, also scripts are very easy to debug and implement, Very good tools to interact with windows like open file and save file.

Cons

Matlab GUI development platform is very graphically poor, great programs and calculation can be easily developed but graphical implementation it is not the best

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Student  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review for MATLAB"

November 20, 2018

5.0

MATLAB is a very large platform for the programmer. So many times it is really tough to find out the exact keyword to write a code. Mathworks.com is platform where we can find many solution of MATLAB errors. But this website is not sufficient and it gives very concise solution and it is also backdated. So mathworks.com needs to update their solutions or tutorials.

Pros

This software is almost free. It is very easy to learn because most of the terms or the tutorials are very easy to find out in the online.

Cons

Some errors are very difficult to figure out. Like, one day I copied a code form one file to another file but it shows some errors, though the main file runs properly. I tried several time to figure out the problem but I failed. Then I tried some random thing to solve this problem like removing space and unfortunately it works.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Community Manager  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "a very useful software"

November 22, 2017

5.0

I have used Matlab for creating plotting data in graphical format to study mechanical strain relation. I have also used Matlab for optimization algorithms.

Pros

Matlab has a lot of functional features which could solve any complex numerical algorithms. The plots and graphical representation are very helpful than excel.The best part of matlab is it can iterate 1000 of design solutions for various inputs by just giving one code

Cons

The interface of matlab is not that much user friendly and also debugging errors is quite difficult. The processing duration gets a bit longer for complex fluid mechanics equation and optimisation algorithms.

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VR

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

### "Extremely powerful tool with a bit of a learning curve."

July 12, 2018

5.0

More stable and reliable electrical and mechanical designs and prototypes.

Pros

I most like its flexibility in creating high quality engineering design solutions. It has uses in mathematics, electrical and mechanical engineering, comp. sci., and even photography and animation.

Cons

Very difficult learning curve, not very similar to other programming languages. Even if you're a programmer, you still need some good math knowledge.

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GÖ

Gülendam Ö.  
Mechanical Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Usefull program for everything"

September 25, 2019

5.0

I am using at work time to time even if this is not my responsibility to use. I use for data analyse solutions. Also i am using for MSc. homeworks and every calculation.

Pros

Program able to make everything happening. Program language is a little bit primitive but it works for control to simulation and everything.

Cons

Program language is a little bit primitive and there is no guidince if you don't know how to write. On simulink side there is no explanation whic tool os working for what.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Product Development Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Fantastic programming software to resolve engineering problems"

May 17, 2019

4.0

I'm using this program since college and easy to learn comparing other programming softwares. It helps a lot to resolve engineering problems and complex calculations.

Pros

It's very easy to use and you can reach manuals easily. It can work both for Mac & PC's working with Windows operating systems. Helps a lot to resolve complex calculations & dynamic system problems.

Cons

Sometimes working so slow and I receive some errors that I can't find the reasons easily as not clearly defined.

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VA

Vandana A.  
Data Analyst  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab is a good statistical tool to use"

June 17, 2022

4.0

Overall, Matlab is useful for statistical analysis. Anything beyond this I would not recommend this tool.

Pros

Matlab is a decent tool to use when needing to do statistical analysis or some basic coding to understand mathematical theories. I found the features useful for writing/running code efficiently and it was fast.

Cons

The items I like least about this product is that the data visualization and analytics beyond statistics is sub par. I wouldn't use this when I have tools like R that can perform better and is more advanced in these fields.

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NE

Negar E.  
Student  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Using MATLAB for signal processing and data analysis"

December 3, 2021

5.0

I'm an electrical engineer and I've been using MATLAB for a long time. I have always been very happy with it.

Pros

It's a very easy language to code and do signal processing

Cons

Compared to some other languages such as python it might not have all the packages for deep learning.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Network Administrator  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Powerful science tool"

February 26, 2019

5.0

I used it when i was in college and is a really useful tool to learn about programming logic and science analysis.

Pros

This tool can help you program many different algorithms for math, physics, data processing, image recognition, electronics and so many different things. Is a really useful tool for academia and for researchers.

Cons

As it is a programming framework, it can become really heavy in terms of PC resource consumption

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Pardha Sai Krishna A.  
Research intern  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab review"

March 18, 2020

5.0

My overall experience with matlab is educational and helped me develop programming skills. This helped me understand other programming languages a bit easily. I would recommend using matlab for all scientific calculations and graphical interpretation in 3D

Pros

Its user friendly and easy to use for beginners. Tool boxes are very easy to control loguvs and signal processing. It is very to use the plots to convey the information in graphical view. Creating functions is easy and can reduce the workload

Cons

Some toolboxes are not present in package and will only be available for a month of time after subscription.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Product Development Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A product with many capabilities"

May 30, 2019

5.0

Ranging from simple homeworks and projects to industrial modelling at work, I have been widely using this product for several years now.

Pros

I am using this program since I was a student in university. It has many different modelling features as well as a very simple coding language that shows you if you make any typos and/or logic errors.

Cons

Literally nothing as it is a very extensive program that covers many engineering aspects.

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ML

Maycol L.  
Baccalaureate in electricity  
Animation  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Data management, analysis and processing tools"

May 19, 2023

4.0

I used matlab in college to develop different calculation problems, I have also been interested in learning a little bit about its programming language.

Pros

Matlab is an app that focuses on data management, analysis and processing. In college it is an app that has been useful for me to develop different calculation problems. I also like that it has its own programming language.

Cons

If a large data set is used, some codes may take a long time to process, so a somewhat powerful computer is needed.

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Chamod N.  
Engineering Student  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Very powerful programming language "

October 27, 2019

5.0

Matlab gives free software for students So many of the students can take free software by using university ids. It is good for all the students and professional programmers.

Pros

Features of the Matlab are quite amazing. User interface of the Matlab is very good. The software gives accurate outputs all the time.

Cons

It is not easy for the first time users to coding. The software causes slow down the computer while running the programs.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Post graduate student in CUSAT & engineering and science solution solver  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB REVIEW "

May 22, 2019

5.0

Currently i am working in signal and image processing, computational electromagnetics, Microwave and Radar systems. For solving all my Academic problems i always prefer MATLAB, even our professors also recommending MATLAB for Antenna and electromagnetic related problems.

Pros

I really loved this software, Since all of the library files are inbuilt in the software we don't require to add additional library. The other software like python, java requires adding additional libraries to operate some functions. But in MATLAB once you install the software you can easily start your coding. All of the functions , operators, etc are well explained in the help tool of MATLAB along with proper example. So as a Post graduate engineering student i always use MATLAB for signal and image processing.

Cons

The loading of software takes small time of delay.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Neuroscientist  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Matlab - the versatile toolbox"

December 31, 2021

5.0

Pros

MATLAB can do nearly everything. From basic analysis to experiment conduction to extensive data modeling. MATLAB is your versatile toolbox

Cons

Sometimes it is overwhelming and you have to know how to code

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
DevOps Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "This is a great programming tool for engineers and researchers"

April 29, 2019

4.0

Pros

Once you establish baseline competency in Matlab's programming language of choice, it is easy to set up pipelines to transform data and compute whatever you may need. This makes things like report generation, summaries, etc, very pain-free to create.

Cons

It is pretty expensive, but I think that it's worth it. The built-in IDE could have more features, like a better auth-complete for functions.

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ABEM

Ahmed Bahaa Eldin M.  
Advisor  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "MATLAB: the most powerful analytical tool"

February 12, 2022

5.0

I used MATLAB in my Ph.D. It helped a lot in analyzing the time series data, simulation, and graphing the results.

Pros

MATLAB is the most powerful tool for modelers and statisticians - it is very beneficial for dealing with time series analysis and simulation - the high capability of matrices processing - it is very easy to import data - it suites all engineering needs - excellent for doing sophisticated computations

Cons

It consumes a lot of computer resources - too much time for installation -

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Data Scientist  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Good tool for numerical analysis"

January 19, 2020

5.0

Before switching to other programming languages, the software was or me very easy to use and very useful to understand some problem solutions.

Pros

I used Matlab back in the university to do some problems from numerical analysis. It contains many packages and you can easily find the necessary one if you have a product license.

Cons

Not about the software, but it was strange for me that in Matlab programming language arrays indexing is starting from 1. And about the software. As a student I didn't have so much finances to pay for that software, so I switched to open source languages.

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Yvonne S.  
Instructional Designer  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great for students"

September 26, 2019

5.0

It's an excellent way to get students comfortable with programming. We just wish it integrated with more LMS products like the Lockdown Browser.

Pros

Our engineering students have gotten a lot of hands on practice in programming code with this software. We use it for homework and exams.

Cons

Because we use this with online courses and need to cut down on academic dishonesty while testing, we were disappointed to find that you can't use this in conjunction with Respondus LockDown Browser, which is free. We had to get our tests using this proctored to make sure no cheating is occuring on exams while students use MATLAB.

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