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Griffith, John
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Canada
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Introduction to scientific programming
Zachary J., Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, 1996. Type: Book (9780387946306)
Designed to introduce science and engineering students to the solution of computational problems, this excellent book does not tell students exactly what programs to write, nor is it highly theoretical....
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Jun 1 1998 |
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Projects in scientific computation
Crandall R. (ed), Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, 1994. Type: Book (9780387978086)
Crandall presents projects “ranging from the tutorial to the open-ended and, at times, to the utterly impossible.”...
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Mar 1 1996 |
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Structured FORTRAN 77 for engineers and scientists (4th ed.)
Etter D., Benjamin-Cummings Publ. Co., Inc., Redwood City, CA, 1993. Type: Book (9780805317756)
This fourth edition of a well-known introductory text extends coverage to FORTRAN 90, with chapter 11 devoted to this new update. Care is taken to separate FORTRAN 90 statements from FORTRAN 77, so that users can still run programs usi...
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Apr 1 1994 |
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FORTRAN for the ’90s
Edgar S., Computer Science Press, Inc., New York, NY, 1992. Type: Book (9780716782476)
The emphasis of this introductory FORTRAN text for science and engineering students is on applications, with examples and exercises from many disciplines. The basis of the text is FORTRAN 77, but an introduction to FORTRAN 90 is includ...
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Apr 1 1993 |
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Practical spreadsheet statistics and curve fitting for scientists and engineers
Mezei L., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1990. Type: Book (9789780135198773)
The Prentice-Hall laboratory Lotus series contains, at present, two volumes, both by Mezei. His first text was Laboratory Lotus: a complete guide to instrument interfacing [1], and this work is his second. The author’s...
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Mar 1 1992 |
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Scientific software systems
Mason J., Cox M., Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, UK, 1990. Type: Book (9780412345708)
The symposium this text reports on was held in July 1988. The book was received by ACM in September 1990 and by me in June 1991. For propagation of current information, the publication in book form leaves something to be desired. The a...
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Feb 1 1992 |
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The art of probability
Hamming R. (ed), Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1991. Type: Book (9780201510584)
Reading this book was a joy. Hamming is well known as a former president of ACM and as a mathematical engineer, and in this text he presents an individualistic look at probability: “It is one man’s opinion using a r...
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Aug 1 1991 |
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Events and exception handling in PS-ALGOL
Philbrow P., Atkinson M. The Computer Journal 33(2): 108-125, 1990. Type: Article
Maintaining the clarity of an elegant algorithm when it is translated into a programming language is sometimes difficult. The authors of this paper point out that obscurity is often increased when code is developed for exceptions to th...
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Dec 1 1990 |
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Computers, pattern, chaos and beauty
Pickover C. (ed), St. Martin’s Press, Inc., New York, NY, 1990. Type: Book (9789780312041236)
Fascinating, useful, and thought-provoking are the descriptive words that first popped into my mind when I read this book. I highly recommend it for all general libraries--both individual and institutional, in the areas of com...
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Sep 1 1990 |
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Finite difference schemes and partial differential equations
Strikwerda J., Wadsworth Publ. Co., Belmont, CA, 1989. Type: Book (9789780534099848)
The author’s aim is twofold. This text combines a basic introduction to finite difference schemes for partial differential equations with an upper-level graduate course on the theory related to initial value problems. The int...
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Dec 1 1989 |
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