<s>
Madagascar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
multidimensional	O
data	O
analysis	O
and	O
reproducible	O
computational	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
developed	O
using	O
the	O
Madagascar	B-Application
project	O
management	O
system	O
is	O
transferred	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
recorded	O
processing	O
histories	O
,	O
which	O
become	O
"	O
computational	O
recipes	O
"	O
to	O
be	O
verified	O
,	O
exchanged	O
,	O
and	O
modified	O
by	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Madagascar	B-Application
environment	O
consists	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
development	O
kit	O
for	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Java	O
,	O
Fortran-77	O
,	O
Fortran-90	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Matlab	O
,	O
and	O
Octave	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
framework	O
for	O
reproducible	O
numerical	O
experiments	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
SCons	B-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
framework	O
for	O
scientific	O
publications	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
SCons	B-Application
and	O
LaTeX	B-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
Madagascar	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Madagascar	B-Application
was	O
first	O
publicly	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
EAGE	O
Workshop	O
in	O
Vienna	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
being	O
written	O
mostly	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
Madagascar	B-Application
borrows	O
ideas	O
from	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
SEPlib	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
package	O
maintained	O
by	O
Bob	O
Clapp	O
at	O
the	O
Stanford	O
Exploration	O
Project	O
(	O
SEP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Madagascar	B-Application
also	O
borrows	O
ideas	O
from	O
Seismic	O
Unix	O
(	O
SU	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
maintained	O
by	O
John	O
Stockwell	O
at	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Wave	O
Phenomenon	O
(	O
CWP	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
Colorado	O
School	O
of	O
Mines	O
(	O
Stockwell	O
,	O
1997	O
;	O
Stockwell	O
,	O
1999	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
