Concise Guide to Computing Foundations Core Concepts and Select Scientific Applications /

• Main Authors: Brewer, Kevin (Author), Bareiss, Cathy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Chemoinformatics.; Computers.; Geographical information systems.; Bioinformatics.; Computational biology.; Computer mathematics.; Computer Science.; Models and Principles.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.; Computer Applications in Chemistry.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

This unique textbook pioneers a new approach to educating the general student about computing to practically address the needs of today’s society. This approach provides an accessible introduction to the key concepts in computer science and how these are applied to support other areas of science, hi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Computational Science
• Types of Visualization and Modeling
• Data Types: Representation, Abstraction, Limitations
• Scientific Data Acquisition
• Procedures: Algorithms and Abstraction
• Solving Equations
• Iterative Solutions
• Solving Sets of Equations
• Procedures: Performance and Complexity
• Self-Defining Data: Compression, XML and Databases
• Searching
• Curve Fitting
• Optimization
• Data Organization and Analysis
• Appendix A: NetLogo
• Appendix B: LabQuest
• Appendix C: GIS.