Introduction to scientific programming and simulation using R / Owen Jones, Robert Maillardet, and Andrew Robinson.
Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall CRC, 2014Edition: 2nd edContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1466569999
- 9781466569997
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Mesa Lab | Q183.9 .J66 2014 | 1 | Available | 50583020001875 |
"This second edition continues to introduce scientific programming and stochastic modelling in a clear, practical, and thorough way. Readers lean programming by experimenting with the provided R code and data." -- Back cover.
I. Programming. Setting up -- R as a calculating environment -- Basic programming -- I/O: input and output -- Programming with functions -- Sophisticated data structures -- Better graphics -- Pointers to further programming techniques -- II. Numerical techniques. Numerical accuracy and program efficiency -- Root-finding -- Numerical integration -- Optimisation -- Systems of ordinary differential equations -- III. Probability and statistics. Probability -- Random variables-- Discrete random variables -- Continuous random variables -- Parameter estimation -- Markov chains -- IV. Simulation -- Monte-Carlo integration -- Variance reduction -- Cases studies -- Student projects -- Glossary of R commands -- Programs and functions developed in the text.