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Main Title Writing scientific software : a guide for good style /
Author Oliveira, Suely.
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Stewart, David,
Publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year Published 2006
OCLC Number 71314736
ISBN 0521858968; 9780521858960; 0521675952 (pbk.); 9780521675956 (pbk.)
Subjects Computer software--Development ; Software engineering ; Science--Data processing ; Science--Software ; Projeto de software ; Engenharia de software ; Numerisches Verfahren ; Programmierung ; Software Engineering ; Softwareentwicklung ; Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
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EKDM  QA76.76.D47O45 2006 CEMM/EPD Library/Athens,GA 11/26/2012 STATUS
Collation xii, 303 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index.
Contents Notes
pt. I. Numerical software -- Why numerical software? -- Scientific computation and numerical analysis -- Priorities -- Famous disasters -- Exercises -- pt. II. Developing software -- Basics of computer organization -- Software design -- Data structures -- Design for testing and debugging -- Exercises -- pt. III. Efficiency in time, efficiency in memory -- Be algorithm aware -- Computer architecture and efficiency -- Global vs. local optimization -- Grabbing memory when you need it -- Memory bugs and leaks -- pt. IV. Tools -- Sources of scientific software -- Unix tools -- pt. V. Design examples -- Cubic spline function library -- Multigrid alogrithms.