slicot ☆

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Description:
Fortran subroutines library for systems and control

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: fortran control-systems numerical library engineering

Install: brew install slicot

About:
Slicot is a comprehensive Fortran 77 library providing subroutine implementations for a wide range of problems in systems and control theory. It serves as a foundational computational engine for advanced control system design, analysis, and modeling tasks. The library is widely used in both academic research and industrial applications requiring robust numerical algorithms.

Key Features:

Comprehensive library for systems and control algorithms
Fortran 77 implementation for numerical stability and performance
Reference implementation for many standard control algorithms
Provides building blocks for higher-level control design software

Use Cases:

Designing and analyzing linear and nonlinear control systems
Implementing model-order reduction techniques
Solving large-scale algebraic Riccati equations
Developing custom control engineering software tools

Alternatives:

SLICOT-Reference – SLICOT-Reference is a more modern, C-based reimplementation of the original SLICOT algorithms, often used in MATLAB toolboxes.
Control System Toolbox (MATLAB) – A commercial MATLAB toolbox that provides high-level functions, often built upon SLICOT's underlying algorithms.

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