Dr. Kevin Brewer is Co-Chair and Professor in the Department of Engineering in the Walker School of Engineering at Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL, USA.Dr. Cathy Bareiss is a Professor of Computer Science at the same institution.
Introduction to Computational Science.- Types of Visualization and Modeling.- Data Types: Representation, Abstraction, Limitations.- Scientific Data Acquisition.- Procedures: Algorithms and Abstraction.- Solving Equations.- Iterative Solutions.- Solving Sets of Equations.- Procedures: Performance and Complexity.- Self-Defining Data: Compression, XML and Databases.- Searching.- Curve Fitting.- Optimization.- Data Organization and Analysis.- Appendix A: NetLogo.- Appendix B: LabQuest.- Appendix C: GIS.