What is the difference between scipy.integrate.odeint and scipy.integrate.ode?

Question

I have read the docs for these here, but it just states that odeint is "an integrator with a simpler interface based on lsoda from ODEPACK"

What is the actual difference? Under what circumstances is using one more appropriate than the other?

Answer 1

If you can solve your problem with odeint, I would recommend that. It is simply a function that integrates an ode using lsoda.

If you want a lot more options, ode is a class with many methods and solvers:

• scipy.integrate.ode
  • scipy.integrate.ode.integrate
  • scipy.integrate.ode.set_f_params
  • scipy.integrate.ode.set_initial_value
  • scipy.integrate.ode.set_integrator
  • scipy.integrate.ode.set_jac_params
  • scipy.integrate.ode.set_solout
  • scipy.integrate.ode.successful