Wolfram technologies include thousands of built-in functions that let you:
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Model and test complex systems
such as unmanned aerial vehicles, space robotics and aircraft dynamics with Wolfram System Modeler
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Quickly prototype aircraft designs
and turn them into 3D models
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Automatically compute design quantities
, including closed-loop transfer functions, PID parametrizations and more
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Compute the optimal controls
needed to minimize fuel use or travel time
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Fit tire skid data to determine parameters
for anti-skid algorithms or design aircraft for safe gear-up landings
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Perform aerodynamic
, structural mechanics and other numeric and symbolic calculations
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Model airplane approaches
on parallel runways, introduce errors and study the statistics of near misses
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Perform system-level design
and optimization of an entire aircraft to meet safety regulations
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Create prototypes
from mathematical models of fundamental equations of motion and transform them into C code to work with your current system
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Use model analysis
to solve problems early, before expensive cockpit simulations or flight tests
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Analyze flight data
before and after a mission to compare performance to predicted behavior
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Prototype new control systems
using symbolic capabilities to derive dynamic equations
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Model the behavior
of new lightweight materials for aerospace manufacturing
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Predict failure of components
or subsystems with built-in reliability analysis functionality
Performing flight operational safety analysis
Modeling and controlling a satellite with Wolfram System Modeler
Does your current
tool set
have these advantages?
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Free-form linguistic input produces immediate results without the need for syntax
Unique to Wolfram technologies
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Symbolic as well as numeric calculations to manipulate numbers, equations or pieces of code, improving accuracy or creating reusable models
Matlab's built-in routines only handle numeric calculations
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Fully automated precision control and arbitrary precision arithmetic to ensure accurate results
Matlab and other systems relying on machine arithmetic can show critical errors due to numerical accuracy failure
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One integrated system to scrub, filter and visualize data with any kind of analysis
Tecplot 360 graphics must be exported to other programs for presentation or publication
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Analyze and optimize designs in one system, using built-in constrained and unconstrained optimization routines
Matlab requires an extra-cost toolbox and Pro/Engineer requires the extra-cost Pro/Mechanica add-on for optimization
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Instant interactivity for creating tools that provide visual feedback to make debugging and testing innovative instrumentation easier
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Wavelet transforms, filtering and more built in to a single computational engine
Matlab and Mathcad require purchasing additional software for wavelet capabilities
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Automated algorithm selection to get accurate results quickly—sometimes switching mid-calculation for further optimization
Other systems like Matlab make you analyze your equations manually to determine which function to apply
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Choose from procedural, functional and rule-based programming paradigms to create efficient code
Other computation environments use predominantly procedural languages
Designing, studying and simulating aircraft dynamics with Wolfram System Modeler
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