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3623 :: Physical processes modeling --- libs recommendations?

• Udiknedormin (orginal) [2018-03-09T19:19:57+01:00] view original

  Hi folks!

  I've been more or less active on forum for quite a long time but to tell you the truth, I haven't really used Nim for any "serious" stuff. Now when I started Physical Processes Modeling course as a part of my studies, a friend of my asked me: "Will you use Matlab or Python?". It was quite crazy to answer: "Nim, probably", as was never up-to-date with libs.

  So here is my question: what libs would you recommend me so I don't have to write anything and everything from scratch? What I need:

  • random engines with different distributions
  • statistics, like, lots of them (I used stats but it's not enough; one of the things I need is autocorrelation and similar things)
  • plots, including punctual, linear, histograms and maps (preferably with either colors or arrows)
  • some basic machine learning
  • some numerical methods helpers

  I've coded some simple things myself (like Gaussian distribution or autocorrelation; used gnuplot for plotting) but it would be pointless to code it all if it's already available... and if not, it's good to have future users in mind.

  Curious to see the libs you recommend. :)

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• Araq (orginal) [2018-03-09T20:15:34+01:00] view original

  We have a github repo that is dedicated for tracking these things:

  https://github.com/nim-lang/needed-libraries/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed

  https://github.com/nim-lang/needed-libraries/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue

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• Udiknedormin (orginal) [2018-03-11T02:55:47+01:00] view original

  Update: I succeeded the first project. Used gnuplot-nim for plotting, it's not bad (I'll make some PR soon, though). :)

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• planhths (orginal) [2018-03-11T10:38:34+01:00] view original

  @Udiknedormin Awesome! There are some updates here: https://github.com/konqoro/nimgnuplotlib

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• miran (orginal) [2018-03-11T10:40:20+01:00] view original

  Most of the points you mention are tracked in Are we scientists yet?

  I've coded some simple things myself ...

  Maybe you can add some of your stuff to this list ;)

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• miran (orginal) [2018-03-11T10:45:15+01:00] view original

  There are some updates here: https://github.com/konqoro/nimgnuplotlib

  If the author is reading this - a readme would be very helpful, at least to tell us why this is preferred over his previous library (gnuplot-nim).

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