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Modern software tools for scientific computing
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Boston, MASS : Birkhauser, 1997
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9780817639747

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Looking back at the years that have passed since the realization of the very first electronic, multi-purpose computers, one observes a tremendous growth in hardware and software performance. Today, researchers and engi­ neers have access to computing power and software that can solve numerical problems which are not fully understood in terms of existing mathemati­ cal theory. Thus, computational sciences must in many respects be viewed as experimental disciplines. As a consequence, there is a demand for high­ quality, flexible software that allows, and even encourages, experimentation with alternative numerical strategies and mathematical models. Extensibil­ ity is then a key issue; the software must provide an efficient environment for incorporation of new methods and models that will be required in fu­ ture problem scenarios. The development of such kind of flexible software is a challenging and expensive task. One way to achieve these goals is to in­ vest much work in the design and implementation of generic software tools which can be used in a wide range of application fields. In order to provide a forum where researchers could present and discuss their contributions to the described development, an International Work­ shop on Modern Software Tools for Scientific Computing was arranged in Oslo, Norway, September 16-18, 1996. This workshop, informally referred to as Sci Tools '96, was a collaboration between SINTEF Applied Mathe­ matics and the Departments of Informatics and Mathematics at the Uni­ versity of Oslo.


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The SciTools '96 Workshop (more formally known as the "International Workshop on Modern Software Tools for Scientific Computing") was held in Oslo, Norway, in September 1996. Seventeen refereed papers were selected from this workshop and collected into this book. The papers are divided into three major headings: "Computational Differential Equations" (which captures 11 of the 17 papers), "Computational Geometry," and "Software Development." The depth of the topics is generally very advanced; they deal fluently in the mathematics of partial differential equations and adaptive numerical methods. A large number of typeset formulas appear, along with a number of helpful charts and figures. As such, this book would likely be most useful as a reference supplement for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students dealing with modeling within engineering problem domains. F. H. Wild III; University of Rhode Island