Understanding Modern Dive Computers and Operation

This brief provides a complete yet concise description of modern dive computers and their operations todate in one source with coupled applications for added understanding. Basic diving principles aredetailed with practical computer implementations. Interrelated topics to diving protocols andoperational procedures are included. Tests, statistics and correlations of computer models with data areunderscored. The exposition also links phase mechanics to dissolved gases in modern decompressiontheory with mathematical relationships and equations used in dive computer synthesis. Applicationsfocus upon and mimic dive computer operations within model implementations for addedunderstanding. This comprehensive resource includes a complete list of dive computers that are marketed and theirstaging models, as well as a complete list of diveware marketed and their staging algorithms, linkage ofpertinent wet and dry tests to modern computer algorithms, a description of two basic computer modelswith all constants and parameters, mathematical ansatz of on-the-fly risk for surfacing at any divedepth, detailing of statistical techniques used to validate dive computers from data, and a description ofprofile Data Banks for computer dive model correlations. The book will find an audience amongst computer scientists, doctors, underwater researchers,engineers, physical and biosciences diving professionals, explorers, chamber technicians, physiologistsand technical and recreational divers.