Fed Batch Fermentation modeling and control

[cyber]

There is a modeling and control competition about a fermentation process
organized by University of Westminster UK. Has anybody participated on
this list? I am just wondering if Octave can do the job. It requires to
control a plant in C (scrambled source code given). Yes the controller
can be disigned in C too but it is easier to do it in octave if
possible.

Thanks for your attention. 

Guoqiang Lu