Scientific Software Systems: Based on the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Scientific Software and Systems, Held at Royal Military ... July 1988 (Chapman & Hall Computing) - Hardcover

Cox, M. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0412345706 ISBN 13: 9780412345708

Publisher: Chapman and Hall, 1989

Synopsis

The main aim of this book is to present a broader view of scientific software than has been common in the past. The provision of scientific software is no longer a matter of just writing 'good computer programs', but rather it is concerned with the development of an integrated software system wI-,ich offers the user facilities which approach all that he needs in terms of speed, accuracy and convenience. This means that due account must, for example, be taken of the high-speed computing capabilities of parallel processors, the exact computing features of symbolic mathematical systems, the presentational potentialities of computer graphics, and the advisory aspects of knowledge-based and expert systems. When suites of numerical software programs or routines are supported by such ranges of facilities, then they can be justly described as 'scientific software systems', and that is why we have adopted such a title here. The assembly of this book was a direct consequence of the running of a one-day international symposium, with the same broad aim of advocating a 'systems approach', under the title 'Scientific Software and Systems'. This Symposium was held at the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) in Shrivenham on July 11, 1988 and was attended by 85 people. A very busy but most enjoyable day included invited talks, poster presentations and demonstrations of software products, not to mention various social activi- ties.

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Synopsis

Based on the proceedings of the International Symposium on Scientific Software and Systems, held in Shrivenham, this book provides an integrated software system which offers the user facilities which approach all that is needed in terms of speed, accuracy and convenience. It implies that due account should be taken of the high-speed computing capabilities of parallel processors, the exact computing features of symbolic mathematical systems, the presentational potentialities of computer graphics and the advisory aspects of knowledge-based and expert systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0412345706
• ISBN 13: 9780412345708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 266
• Editor: Mason J. C.