Writing Scientific Software: A Guide to Good Style

by Suely Oliveira and David E. Stewart

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521675952
• ISBN13: 9780521675956
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.6"