Special thanks to the following people and organizations for supporting the development of Octave: * Digital Equipment Corporation, for a one year grant as part of their External Research Program. * Sun Microsystems, Inc., for an Academic Equipment grant. * The University of Texas College of Engineering, for providing a Challenge for Excellence Research Supplement, and for providing an Academic Development Funds grant. * The State of Texas, for providing funding through the Texas Advanced Technology Program under Grant No. 003658-078. * Texaco Chemical Company, for providing funding to continue the development of this software. * Noel Bell, Senior Engineer, Texaco Chemical Company, Austin Texas. * James B. Rawlings, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin.