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Simfit
Developer(s)William G. Bardsley, University of Manchester
Stable release
8.1.4 / July, 2024
Operating systemWindows
Typenumerical analysis
LicenseGNU AGPL
Website[1]

Simfitis a freeopen-sourceWindowspackage for simulation, curve fitting, statistics, andplotting,using a library of models or user-defined mathematicalequations.Simfit has been developed by Bill Bardsley of theUniversity of Manchester.[1]Although it is written for Windows, it can easily be installed and used on Linux machines viaWINE.[2]

Simfit is developed usingSilverfrost Limited'sFTN95Fortran Compiler and is currently featured on their website as ashowcased application.The graphical functionality in Simfit has been released as a Fortran library calledSimdemwhich allows the programmer to produce charts and graphs with just a few lines of Fortran. A version of Simdem is shipped with the Windows version of the NAG Fortran Builder.[3]

A Spanish-language version of Simfit is maintained by a team inSalamanca.

At Version 8.1.1 a simplified version of simfit called sv_simfit designed for first-time users is bundled with the main simfit package.

References

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  1. ^Burguillo, F.J.; Holgado, M.; Bardsley, W.G. (2003). "Using the SIMFIT Statistical Package to teach Data Analysis in Experimental Sciences".Revista de Educacíon en Ciencias-Journal of Science Education.4:8–14.
  2. ^"WineHQ - Simfit".appdb.winehq.org.Retrieved2021-10-04.
  3. ^Chivers, Ian D.; Jane Sleightholme (August 2007). "Introduction to NAG Fortran builder".ACM SIGPLAN Fortran Forum.26(2): 12–24.doi:10.1145/1279941.1279943.S2CID7955473.
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