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New function citation() to display citation information (patch #7960) * display_info_file.m: the new function is pretty much the same as news() so this new private function is their common code * citation.m: the new function * help.m: changed to use the private function with common code with citation() * CITATION: new file with citation instructions for Octave core * Makefile.am: add CITATION file into the build system and install into octetc * bootstrap.conf: make sure that the CITATION is present when installing * copy_files.m: make pkg() check and install CITATION files from packages * doc/interpreter/package.txi: document optional CITATION files for packages
author Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
date Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:34:44 +0000
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To cite GNU Octave in publications use:

  John W. Eaton, David Bateman, and Søren Hauberg (2009).  GNU Octave version
  3.0.1 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations.
  CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.  ISBN 1441413006,
  URL http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is:

  @book{,
    author    = {John W. Eaton and David Bateman and S\oren Hauberg},
    title     = {{GNU Octave} version 3.0.1 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations},
    publisher = {CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform},
    year      = {2009},
    note      = {{ISBN} 1441413006},
    url       = {http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter},
  }

We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating GNU Octave, please cite it
when using it.  See also `citation pkgname' for citing Octave packages.