Item: Wolfram Mathematica
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Wolfram Mathematica is being used by students and faculty at Virginia Tech. Engineering, Math, and Stat students use it occasionally. It mostly helps students solve some numerical problems very quickly and to get a hunch of the overall solution (if available).

Pros and Cons

Computation of integrals and sums in "closed form" (if possible) very quickly, much better than MATLAB
For an engineer, it can act as a very good complement to MATLAB.
It's very user-friendly.

I do not see any negative points about Wolfram Mathematica so far! Maybe just improve the readability of the "help" environment, something similar to the strong "help" of MATLAB.

Return on Investment

It saved me time by telling me that some given complex integrals do not have a closed-form solution.

Support Rating

They are quite responsive, but I think a better help document would be great.

Key Insights

Do you think Wolfram Mathematica delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Wolfram Mathematica's feature set?

Yes

Did Wolfram Mathematica live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Wolfram Mathematica go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Wolfram Mathematica again?

Yes

Other Software Used

MATLAB, Anaconda

Likelihood to Recommend

Wolfram Mathematica is excellent for closed-form solutions of integrals.
It has some room for improvement in numerical analysis.

Excellent for quick insights into complex integrals!

Overall Satisfaction with Wolfram Mathematica