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Writing scientific software: a guide for good style

By Suely Oliveira , David E. Stewart

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780521858960, 0521858968, 9780521675956, 0521675952
LCC
QA76.76.D47 O45 2006
Open Library ID
OL17437418M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
895 kB (916426 bytes)
Pages
316\316
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The core of scientific computing is designing, writing, testing, debugging and modifying numerical software for application to a vast range of areas: from graphics, meteorology and chemistry to engineering, biology and finance. Scientists, engineers and computer scientists need to write good code, for speed, clarity, flexibility and ease of re-use. Oliveira and Stewart's style guide for numerical software points out good practices to follow, and pitfalls to avoid. By following their advice, readers will learn how to write efficient software, and how to test it for bugs, accuracy and performance. Techniques are explained with a variety of programming languages, and illustrated with two extensive design examples, one in Fortran 90 and one in C++: other examples in C, C++, Fortran 90 and Java are scattered throughout the book. This manual of scientific computing style will be an essential addition to the bookshelf and lab of everyone who writes numerical software.

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