After 1st peer review by the Journal Open Research Software

Software successfully compiled with GNU GCC versions 4.7.1 and 4.8.5 in a Linux 64bit system. The compiled mex-function has been tested in three different Matlab versions: v7.8.0.347 (R2009a), v7.11.0 (R2010b),
and v9.1.0.441655 (R2016b). Similarly the code has been compiled and tested for Octave version 3.6.2 and 4.0.3.