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| location | Chicago, IL | |
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| visits | member for | 11 months |
| seen | Apr 17 at 20:43 | |
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Jan 7 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jan 3 |
answered | Adding a label to an expression result |
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Nov 5 |
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Can CDF file embedded in a web page receive external parameters? The enterprise version provides a different signature to the CDF which enables the same features you would get in Player Pro. |
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Jun 7 |
accepted | Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs |
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Jun 7 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs Verbeia, I agree that some data import/export tools are necessary. I think new users always struggle when they can't just File->Open a spreadsheet and start working with the data, they don't know where to go next. One of the first things I did was convert one of our legacy DOS programs into a CDF to show to engineers and management. It was very helpful to demonstrate the capabilities. |
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Jun 7 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs Albert, great overview of what is needed to introduce Mathematica to a large department. Regarding the tools that your company developed, are you talking about MMA packages or something else? Are there any general tools that you found necessary to develop, or are these things specific to your business? |
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Jun 5 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Jun 4 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs This is a corporate environment. We do have a history of formally developed, validated and documented programs, so we may be in a better position than many. That history has been diminished though as Excel became the main tool. I think we would need to have some full time developers making sure best practices are followed. However I need to create a system that can be used by the average engineer, even if they don't know how to develop the programs they are using. |
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Jun 4 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs Very good suggestion that I hadn't fully considered. It seems that this is something that would need a lot of up-front thought to design it well. |
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Jun 4 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs @Leonid, I did include it as a resounce in our evaluation, thanks for writing it! I think the only way may be to force people to sit down in front of a trainer for a few days though. |
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Jun 4 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs @R.M., Agreed, I have developed standalone applications of a similar size in Mathematica before, and Wolfram Alpha would be another example of a very large system. My concerns are more with a department collaboratively using the code, and also whether there is a better solution out there that I am not considering becuase of my previous experience with Mathematica? |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jun 4 |
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Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs I asked the question about learning Mathematica because I had about a dozen engineers perform an evaluation of the software and was surprised at the extent to which they struggled to get started and learn from tutorials, even those with strong programming experience. This makes me worry about how hard the average engineer will find Mathematica to learn, even with a formal training program. |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Student |
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Jun 4 |
asked | Suitability of Mathematica as platform for engineering calculations and programs |
