diff --git a/src/Numerics/Control.cs b/src/Numerics/Control.cs
index 8cbae11c..5b47a0c2 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Control.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Control.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // http://numerics.mathdotnet.com
 // http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Math.NET
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Math.NET
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
             FourierTransformControl.UseManaged();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use a specific provider if configured, e.g. using
+        /// environment variables, or fall back to the best providers.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void UseDefaultProviders()
+        {
+            LinearAlgebraControl.UseDefault();
+            FourierTransformControl.UseDefault();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use the best provider available.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void UseBestProviders()
+        {
+            LinearAlgebraControl.UseBest();
+            FourierTransformControl.UseBest();
+        }
+
 #if NATIVE
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -125,7 +144,9 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         /// </returns>
         public static bool TryUseNativeMKL()
         {
-            return Try(UseNativeMKL);
+            bool linearAlgebra = LinearAlgebraControl.TryUseNativeMKL();
+            bool fourierTransform = FourierTransformControl.TryUseNativeMKL();
+            return linearAlgebra || fourierTransform;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -146,7 +167,8 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         /// </returns>
         public static bool TryUseNativeCUDA()
         {
-            return Try(UseNativeCUDA);
+            bool linearAlgebra = LinearAlgebraControl.TryUseNativeCUDA();
+            return linearAlgebra;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -167,7 +189,8 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         /// </returns>
         public static bool TryUseNativeOpenBLAS()
         {
-            return Try(UseNativeOpenBLAS);
+            bool linearAlgebra = LinearAlgebraControl.TryUseNativeOpenBLAS();
+            return linearAlgebra;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -179,21 +202,9 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics
         /// </returns>
         public static bool TryUseNative()
         {
-            return TryUseNativeCUDA() || TryUseNativeMKL() || TryUseNativeOpenBLAS();
-        }
-
-        static bool Try(Action action)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                action();
-                return true;
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                // intentionally swallow exceptions here - use the non-try variants if you're interested in why
-                return false;
-            }
+            bool linearAlgebra = LinearAlgebraControl.TryUseNative();
+            bool fourierTransform = FourierTransformControl.TryUseNative();
+            return linearAlgebra || fourierTransform;
         }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/FourierTransformControl.cs b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/FourierTransformControl.cs
index d553cd27..2e191bc6 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/FourierTransformControl.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/FourierTransformControl.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ using System;
 
 namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
 {
-    internal static class FourierTransformControl
+    public static class FourierTransformControl
     {
         const string EnvVarFFTProvider = "MathNetNumericsFFTProvider";
 
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
         {
             Control.FourierTransformProvider = new Mkl.MklFourierTransformProvider();
         }
+
+        public static bool TryUseNativeMKL()
+        {
+            return TryUse(new Mkl.MklFourierTransformProvider());
+        }
 #endif
 
-        public static bool TryUse(IFourierTransformProvider provider)
+        static bool TryUse(IFourierTransformProvider provider)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -66,10 +71,21 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Try to use a native provider, if available.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool TryUseNative()
+        {
+            return TryUseNativeMKL();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use the best provider available.
+        /// </summary>
         public static void UseBest()
         {
 #if NATIVE
-            if (!TryUse(new Mkl.MklFourierTransformProvider()))
+            if (!TryUseNative())
             {
                 UseManaged();
             }
@@ -78,6 +94,11 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
 #endif
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use a specific provider if configured, e.g. using the
+        /// "MathNetNumericsFFTProvider" environment variable,
+        /// or fall back to the best provider.
+        /// </summary>
         public static void UseDefault()
         {
 #if NATIVE
@@ -94,7 +115,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
                     break;
             }
 #else
-            UseManaged();
+            UseBest();
 #endif
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Providers/LinearAlgebra/LinearAlgebraControl.cs b/src/Numerics/Providers/LinearAlgebra/LinearAlgebraControl.cs
index e3712c46..c9787445 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Providers/LinearAlgebra/LinearAlgebraControl.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Providers/LinearAlgebra/LinearAlgebraControl.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ using System;
 
 namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.LinearAlgebra
 {
-    internal static class LinearAlgebraControl
+    public static class LinearAlgebraControl
     {
         const string EnvVarLAProvider = "MathNetNumericsLAProvider";
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.LinearAlgebra
         }
 
 #if NATIVE
+        [CLSCompliant(false)]
         public static void UseNativeMKL(
             Common.Mkl.MklConsistency consistency = Common.Mkl.MklConsistency.Auto,
             Common.Mkl.MklPrecision precision = Common.Mkl.MklPrecision.Double,
@@ -49,18 +50,37 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.LinearAlgebra
             Control.LinearAlgebraProvider = new Mkl.MklLinearAlgebraProvider(consistency, precision, accuracy);
         }
 
+        [CLSCompliant(false)]
+        public static bool TryUseNativeMKL(
+            Common.Mkl.MklConsistency consistency = Common.Mkl.MklConsistency.Auto,
+            Common.Mkl.MklPrecision precision = Common.Mkl.MklPrecision.Double,
+            Common.Mkl.MklAccuracy accuracy = Common.Mkl.MklAccuracy.High)
+        {
+            return TryUse(new Mkl.MklLinearAlgebraProvider(consistency, precision, accuracy));
+        }
+
         public static void UseNativeCUDA()
         {
             Control.LinearAlgebraProvider = new Cuda.CudaLinearAlgebraProvider();
         }
 
+        public static bool TryUseNativeCUDA()
+        {
+            return TryUse(new Cuda.CudaLinearAlgebraProvider());
+        }
+
         public static void UseNativeOpenBLAS()
         {
             Control.LinearAlgebraProvider = new OpenBlas.OpenBlasLinearAlgebraProvider();
         }
+
+        public static bool TryUseNativeOpenBLAS()
+        {
+            return TryUse(new OpenBlas.OpenBlasLinearAlgebraProvider());
+        }
 #endif
 
-        public static bool TryUse(ILinearAlgebraProvider provider)
+        static bool TryUse(ILinearAlgebraProvider provider)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -79,12 +99,21 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.LinearAlgebra
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Try to use a native provider, if available.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool TryUseNative()
+        {
+            return TryUseNativeCUDA() || TryUseNativeMKL() || TryUseNativeOpenBLAS();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use the best provider available.
+        /// </summary>
         public static void UseBest()
         {
 #if NATIVE
-            if (!(TryUse(new Cuda.CudaLinearAlgebraProvider())
-                  || TryUse(new Mkl.MklLinearAlgebraProvider())
-                  || TryUse(new OpenBlas.OpenBlasLinearAlgebraProvider())))
+            if (!TryUseNative())
             {
                 UseManaged();
             }
@@ -93,6 +122,11 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.LinearAlgebra
 #endif
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use a specific provider if configured, e.g. using the
+        /// "MathNetNumericsLAProvider" environment variable,
+        /// or fall back to the best provider.
+        /// </summary>
         public static void UseDefault()
         {
 #if NATIVE
@@ -110,12 +144,13 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.LinearAlgebra
                 case "OPENBLAS":
                     UseNativeOpenBLAS();
                     break;
+
                 default:
                     UseBest();
                     break;
             }
 #else
-            UseManaged();
+            UseBest();
 #endif
         }
     }