Bits and Bugs: A Scientific and Historical Review of Software Failures in Computational Science
Authors: Thomas Huckle – Tobias Neckel
ISBN-10: 1611975557
ISBN-13: 9781611975550
Publication Date 出版日期: 2019-02-28
Print Length 页数: 251 pages
Book Description
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Bits and Bugs A Scientific and Historical Review of Software Failures in Computational Science Software,Environments,and Tools 29 In scientific computing (also known as computational science),advanced computing capabilities are used to solve complex problems. This self-contained book describes and analyzes reported software failures related to the major topics within scientific computing: mathematical modeling of phenomena; numerical analysis (number representation,rounding,conditioning); mathematical aspects and complexity of algorithms,systems,or software; concurrent computing (parallelization,scheduling,synchronization); and numerical data (such as input of data and design of control logic). Readers will find lists of related,interesting bugs,MATLAB examples,and excursions that provide necessary background,as well as an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the selected bugs. Illustrative examples of numerical principles such as machine numbers,rounding errors,condition numbers,and complexity are also included. This book is intended for students,teachers,and researchers in scientific computing,computer science,and applied mathematics. It is also an entertaining and motivating introduction for those with a minimum background in mathematics or computer science. Bits and Bugs can be used for courses in numerical analysis,numerical methods in linear algebra/ODEs/PDEs,introductory software engineering,introductory scientific computing,and parallel programming.
Contents
List of Excursions
Preface
1Introduction
2Machine Numbers,Precision,and Rounding Errors
3 Mathematical Modeling and Discretization
4Design of Control Systems
5 Synchronization and Scheduling
6Software-Hardware Interplay
7 Complexity
Appendix
Index
