An Introduction to Computational Science

• Main Authors: Holder, Allen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Eichholz, Joseph (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 278
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Computer mathematics.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Computational Science and Engineering.

This textbook provides an introduction to the growing interdisciplinary field of computational science. It combines a foundational development of numerical methods with a variety of illustrative applications spread across numerous areas of science and engineering. The intended audience is the underg...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Solving Single Variable Equations
• Chapter 2. Solving Systems of Equations
• Chapter 3. Approximation
• Chapter 4. Optimization
• Chapter 5. Ordinary Differential Equations
• Chapter 6. Stochastic Methods & Simulation
• Chapter 7. Computing Considerations
• Chapter 8. Modeling with Matrices
• Chapter 9. Modeling with Ordinary Differential Equations
• Chapter 10. Modeling with Delayed Differential Equations
• Chapter 11. Partial Differential Equations
• Chapter 12. Modeling with Optimization and Simulation
• Chapter 13. Regression Modeling
• Appendix A.