Computer Simulations in Science and Engineering Concepts - Practices - Perspectives /

• Main Author: Durán, Juan Manuel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Computer simulation.; Computer mathematics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.; Philosophy of Science.; Simulation and Modeling.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Mathematical and Computational Engineering.

This book addresses key conceptual issues relating to the modern scientific and engineering use of computer simulations. It analyses a broad set of questions, from the nature of computer simulations to their epistemological power, including the many scientific, social and ethics implications of usin...