Resumen de Simucapra: educational software application for animal nutrition based on MATALAB
C. Fernández, Emilio Soria Olivas, Antonio J. Serrano López, José David Martín Guerrero, R. Magdalena, Marcelino Martínez Sober
This paper proposes the pedagogic use of MATLAB software in a field where its use is not common, Animal Science (AS). Although it is usual to develop and validate different mathematical models in AS, the use of this software package has not yet become a standard. This paper presents the use of this software for teaching Animal Nutrition, one of the main subjects in the Agricultural Engineering degree at the Technical University of Valencia, Spain. Two software applications implemented in MATLAB are presented. These applications cover different laboratory lessons of the subject. One of the main advantages of using this software is its GUIDE interface, which can create easy-to-use packages. Moreover, MATLAB offers an unbeatable computing power and a large number of free toolboxes. In addition, it has great capabilities of importing (or exporting) data generated by other widely used programs.
