I wish to know the methods of solving a system of equations that require, and those which don't require computer algebra. Is there a method, which is both theoretically and computationally efficient?
Sonam, I suggest you take a look at delay differential equations (DDEs) in matlab, and/simulink, mathworks .... all these in matlab. I am confident you will get exactly what you are looking for. You can also just Google for example solutions to problems on DDEs using matlab, there are numerous. Good luck.
Jimmy: Thank you, for your answer. I had already used matlab (mathworks, simulink) while solving a DDE model on Enzyme-Kinetics. Apart from that, I had used R and XPPAUT, before writing an amateur C program for validating my results. But I was not convinced with the inconsistency their solutions displayed, when I compared them with the analysis Variational Iteration Method had provided me with. So, my query is still unanswered, as I could not find any method, apart from the Runge-Kutta, that would give fairly good results. Thanks anyway for contributing. :)
To test numerical solutions I recommend looking in a regime where centre manifold theory applies. The centre manifold of DDE systems may be reliably constructed using my web service at http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/anthony.roberts/gencm.php
It applies for finite-D DDE systems near bifurcations of any co-dimension.
The codes are from 1981! Unfortunately I do not have them anymore.
Please note that there will be not THE best Code for general Delay Diff. Eqs., but only the best one for your problem. The choice depends of the type of DDE. I am sure you will find an appropriate hint in the above mentioned book.
"to solve" could mean algebraic, numerical, or approximate. If you want to construct approximate emergent models near bifurcations (pitchfork, Hopf, higher order), you can use my web service that constructs a center manifold model of ODEs or DDEs for systems a user enters. My web page gives five examples you can try including a Double Hopf bifurcation in a delay DE.