Learning SCILAB 

Gilberto E. Urroz - ph. 435-797-3379 - gurro@engineering.usu.edu - ENGR 223 - fax 435-797-1185

SCILAB is a matrix-based numerical environment for solving engineering problems, programming, and graphics.  It is an open-source, free program developed in France by the French Institute for Research on Computer Science and Control (INRIA) and the SCILAB Consortium.  It can be used as a free alternative to MATLAB (To learn how to use MATLAB, click here). SCILAB is available in the Engineering computer lab.

• Download SCILAB here

My SCILAB introductory websites - These web sites were put together as part of the ENGR 2450 (Numerical Methods in Engineering II - Spring 2008) SCILAB exercises.  Follow these links to learn the use of SCILAB:

• Introduction to SCILAB - using SCILAB for scalar and matrix calculations, the SCILAB environment, use of scripts, use of graphics commands, logical vectors, and SCILAB demos.

• Matrices and symbolic calculations in SCILAB - creating, manipulating, and operating with matrices in SCILAB, use of symbolic calculations (derivatives, integrals) in SCILAB.

• Programming with SCILAB - programming structures, simple I/O, string manipulation, SCILAB functions.

• Solution to equations with SCILAB - Using SCILAB functions for solving polynomial, non-linear, and transcendental equations.

• Integration, convolution, and interpolation with SCILAB  - Examples of symbolic and numerical integration, as well as convolution and spline interpolation using SCILAB.

• Solutions to ordinary differential equations with SCILAB - Use of SCILAB functions for symbolic and numerical solutions to ODEs.

• Probability and statistics using the STIXBOX toolbox in SCILAB - Simple applications in probability and statistics with SCILAB.

• Scilab References. 

  • From INRIA (the birthplace of SCILAB)

    • SCILAB documentation page 

    • SCILAB free books and reports 

    • SCILAB commercial books

    • SCILAB toolboxes downloads - toolboxes are collections of functions with specific purposes

    • SCILAB contributed manuals and documents - by users all over the world

  • My own SCILAB links

    • My SCILAB documents - by G. Urroz

    • My SCILAB page - by G. Urroz

    • Lectures for ENGR 2200 (Numerical Methods in Engineering I - 2001 - undergraduate)

    • Lectures for CEE 6510  (Numerical and Statistical Methods in Civil Engineering I - 2001 - graduate)

    • Download Scilab functions here - this zip file includes all the functions in my Scilab textbook - These functions are used in the scripts listed in these exercises.

  • Other references

    • A summary of links for SCILAB examples