Agrad student I once knew went around with glazed eyes saying, "Numbers! . Numbers!" when he was scrambling to interpret reams of new raw data. (Late nights and caffeine were a factor, I'm sure.) If your New Year's resolution is to get a better handle on data management, from fitting curves to communicating results and creating batch-processing scripts, you've come to the right place.rnAs mentioned in a recent article (November 2009 DE), numerical software users typically fall into two categories: engineers who gather experimental data and need to process it into a more usable form, and engineers who are solving formula-based problems and need automated assistance with hand calculations. But these camps sometimes cross-pollinate and use the same tools. Here's a look at several good options and their latest additions that just might solve your own problems with numbers.
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