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Re: STELLA



On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 msantos@etse.urv.es wrote:

I've been asked to go to a talk on a software called
STELLA. I think it's like Eureka, Derive and stuff like
that. i would like to hear any comments on STELLA from
any of you who know it:

Stella is actually quite different from more common numerical
analysis packages like Eureka, Derive, Theorist, Maple,
Mathematica, etc. It uses a graphical paradigm with reservoirs,
pumps, and flows for constructing pseudomechanical systems that
numerically simulate the behavior of any system described by a set
of coupled ordinary D.E.s. It is very nice at what it does, but
what it does is significantly more limited than the previously
mentioned packages. A few years back I wrote a review (Computers
in Physics 9, 4, 397-398, 1995) of a book that uses Stella
("Dynamic Modeling," by Bruce Hannon and Matthias Ruth) and said a
few more things about Stella itself.

John
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