<s>
ScicosLab	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
providing	O
a	O
multi-platform	O
environment	O
for	O
scientific	O
computation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
Scilab	B-Application
4.x	O
(	O
BUILD4	O
)	O
distribution	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
the	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
tool	O
Scicos	B-Language
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
toolboxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
ScicosLab	B-Operating_System
is	O
ScicosLab	B-Operating_System
4.4.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
that	O
Scilab/Scicos	O
is	O
currently	O
the	O
most	O
complete	O
alternative	O
to	O
commercial	O
packages	O
for	O
dynamic	O
systems	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
packages	O
such	O
as	O
MATLAB/Simulink	O
and	O
MATRIXx/SystemBuild.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
ScicosLab	B-Operating_System
runs	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
binary	O
format	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
main	O
available	O
platforms	O
like	O
Unix/Linux	O
workstations	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
MacOSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scicoslab	B-Operating_System
was	O
based	O
on	O
Scilab	B-Application
and	O
Scicos	B-Language
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
forked	O
from	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
