spb/tools-spboucher-ai

1{2  "slug": "matlab",3  "name": "MATLAB",4  "aliases": [5    "Matlab"6  ],7  "vendor": {8    "name": "MathWorks",9    "slug": "mathworks",10    "website": "https://www.mathworks.com"11  },12  "homepage_url": "https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html",13  "docs_url": "https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/",14  "pricing_url": "https://www.mathworks.com/pricing-licensing.html",15  "product_type": "application",16  "product_status": "active",17  "summary": "MathWorks' commercial numeric computing environment and language for engineers and scientists, with toolboxes, Simulink integration, apps and MATLAB Online",18  "description": "MATLAB is MathWorks' proprietary programming language and numeric computing environment. It centres on matrix computation, visualization and an interactive desktop with the Live Editor for notebook-style scripts; add-on toolboxes extend it to statistics and machine learning, optimization, signal and image processing, control, computational finance and econometrics, and Simulink provides block-diagram modelling and simulation with code generation. Recent releases (R2026b at the time of writing) add MATLAB Copilot and AI agents, and the environment interoperates with Python, Git and cloud services; MATLAB Online runs in a browser.\n\nLicensing is by intended use (commercial, academic, student, personal) and term (annual or perpetual with maintenance), with campus-wide licences common at universities and quote-based pricing for organizations; a free trial is offered. MATLAB runs on Windows, macOS (including Apple silicon) and Linux. In academic finance and economics it is used for numerical methods and legacy codebases, but its cost and closed ecosystem have pushed much new work toward Python and Julia, and toolboxes are licensed separately.",19  "capabilities": [20    "Matrix-oriented language with Live Editor scripts",21    "Toolboxes for statistics, optimization, signal processing, finance and econometrics",22    "Simulink modelling and code generation",23    "Interactive apps for analysis and visualization",24    "MATLAB Online in the browser",25    "Interfaces to Python, C/C++, Java and databases",26    "Deployment to compiled applications and web apps"27  ],28  "workflows": [29    "Numerical solution of dynamic economic models",30    "Signal-processing or control prototyping before embedded code generation",31    "Teaching numerical methods with campus licences"32  ],33  "advantages": [34    "Mature toolboxes with documentation and support",35    "Consistent environment across platforms",36    "Widely licensed at universities"37  ],38  "limitations": [39    "Commercial licence; toolboxes priced separately",40    "Closed ecosystem compared with Python or Julia",41    "Website blocks automated clients, so documentation checks require a browser"42  ],43  "prerequisites": [44    "MathWorks account and licence",45    "Windows, macOS or Linux"46  ],47  "audiences": [48    "Engineers and applied scientists",49    "Economists using numerical methods",50    "Students at licensed institutions"51  ],52  "alternatives": [53    "python",54    "julia",55    "r",56    "mathematica",57    "scipy"58  ],59  "comparison_notes": "Python with NumPy/SciPy and Julia offer open-source numerical computing with comparable libraries; Mathematica is the other major proprietary environment, oriented to symbolic computation; R dominates statistics. MATLAB's edge is Simulink and engineering toolboxes.",60  "categories": [61    {62      "slug": "math-stats-tools",63      "primary": true64    }65  ],66  "tags": [67    "numerical-computing",68    "proprietary",69    "macos",70    "apple-silicon"71  ],72  "use_cases": [73    "write-papers"74  ],75  "operating_systems": [76    "windows",77    "macos",78    "linux",79    "web"80  ],81  "execution_modes": [82    "local",83    "cloud"84  ],85  "interfaces": [86    "desktop",87    "web",88    "cli"89  ],90  "deployment_models": [91    "desktop",92    "saas"93  ],94  "integrations": [95    "Simulink",96    "Python",97    "Git",98    "GitHub",99    "Excel",100    "Databases (ODBC/JDBC)"101  ],102  "data_formats": [103    ".mat",104    "CSV",105    "Excel",106    "HDF5",107    "Parquet"108  ],109  "languages": [110    "MATLAB",111    "Python",112    "C",113    "C++",114    "Java"115  ],116  "source_model": "proprietary",117  "pricing_model": [118    "paid",119    "academic",120    "enterprise"121  ],122  "pricing_checked_at": "2026-11-02",123  "self_hostable": true,124  "sources": [125    {126      "url": "https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html",127      "type": "official_site",128      "title": "MATLAB",129      "supports": [130        "name",131        "summary",132        "capabilities",133        "operating_systems"134      ],135      "checked_at": "2026-11-02"136    },137    {138      "url": "https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/",139      "type": "official_docs",140      "title": "MATLAB Documentation",141      "supports": [142        "docs_url",143        "description"144      ],145      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",146      "note": "Shows release R2026b"147    },148    {149      "url": "https://www.mathworks.com/pricing-licensing.html",150      "type": "pricing_page",151      "title": "Pricing and Licensing - MATLAB & Simulink",152      "supports": [153        "pricing_model"154      ],155      "checked_at": "2026-11-02"156    }157  ],158  "confidence": "medium",159  "uncertainty_note": "mathworks.com returns 403 to command-line clients; pages were verified through rendering fetchers. Link checks may report failures that are bot protection rather than outages.",160  "discovery_method": "editorial-research",161  "depth": "standard",162  "editorial_status": "reviewed",163  "visibility": "public",164  "featured": false,165  "author": "batch-E"166}