SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING WITH PCS
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE: HOW SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED: BACKGROUND CHAPTER DATA PROCESSING CAPABILITIES PCS: NON-MATHEMATICAL DATA PROCESSING RELATED CALCULATION CHAPTER COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES PCS: GOOD NEWS PART COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS: CHAPTER WILL SUFFICE? CHAPTER FILE MANAGEMENT: FILE CREATION AND NAMING CHAPTER PROGRAMMING: PROGRAMMING TOOLS AND ENVIRONMENTS CHAPTER SIZE DIFFICULTIES: DETERMINING DATA STORAGE LIMITS CHAPTER TIMING CONSIDERATIONS: PROFILE PROGRAM CHAPTER DEBUGGING: USING OUTPUT WISELY CHAPTER UTILITIES DESIRABLE SET: EDITORS CHAPTER LOOKING AFTER THE BABY: HARDWARE AND OPERATING PRACTICE: CLEANLINESS AND DECENT PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT PART III: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION METHOD: CHAPTER STEPS PROBLEM SOLVING CHAPTER PROBLEM FORMULATION: IMPORTANCE CORRECT FORMULATION PART EXAMPLES CHAPTER THE INTERNAL RATE RETURN PROBLEM: PROBLEM STATEMENT CHAPTER DATA FITTING AND MODELLING: PROBLEM STATEMENT CHAPTER TRAJECTORIES SPACECRAFT: PROBLEM STATEMENT CHAPTER SIMULATING HIRING PROCESS: PROBLEM STATEMENT CHAPTER PROGRAM EFFICIENCY STUDY: THE CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITION: PURPOSE THE STUDY CHAPTER CASE STUDY: GRAPHICAL TOOLS FOR DATA ANALYSIS: PURPOSE THE STUDY CHAPTER YOUR OWN STRATEGY FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING PCS: IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND WANTS