Explorations in computing: an introduction to computers science / (Record no. 1558)
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| fixed length control field | 03099nam a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781439812624 (hb) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 004 |
| Item number | CON/E |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Conery, John |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Explorations in computing: an introduction to computers science / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Conery, John S. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Boca Raton : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | CRC Press , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 370 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Introduction<br/>1.1 Computation<br/>1.2 The Limits of Computation<br/>1.3 Algorithms<br/>1.4 A Laboratory for Computational Experiments<br/>2 The Ruby Workbench<br/>Introducing Ruby and the RubyLabs environment for computational experiments<br/>2.1 Interactive Ruby<br/>2.2 Numbers<br/>2.3 Variables<br/>2.4 Methods<br/>2.5 RubyLabs<br/>2.6 Summary<br/>3 The Sieve of Eratosthenes<br/>An algorithm for finding prime numbers<br/>3.1 The Sieve Algorithm<br/>3.2 The mod Operator<br/>3.3 Containers<br/>3.4 Iterators .<br/>3.5 Boolean Values and the delete-if Method<br/>3.6 Exploring the Algorithm<br/>3.7 The sieve Method<br/>3.8 A Better Sieve<br/>3.9 Experiments with the Sieve<br/>3.10 Summary<br/>4 A Journey of a Thousand Miies<br/>Iteration as a strategy for solving computational problem<br/>4.1 Searching and Sorting<br/>4.2 The Linear Search Algorithm<br/>4.3 The Insertion Sort Algorithm<br/>4.4 Scalability<br/>4.5 ¨ Best Case, Worst case<br/>4.6 Summary<br/>5 Divide and Conquer<br/>A new strategy: breaking lar^e problems into smaller subproblems<br/>5.1 Binary Search<br/>5.2 Binary Search Experiments<br/>5.3 Merge Sort<br/>5.4 Merge Sort Experiments<br/>5.5 ¨ Recursive Methods<br/>5.6 Summary<br/>6 When Words Coiiide<br/>Organizing data for more efficient problem solving<br/>6.1 Word Lists<br/>6.2 Hash Tables<br/>6.3 The mod Function Again<br/>6.4 Collisions<br/>6.5 Hash Table Experiments<br/>6.6 Summary<br/>7 Bit by Bit<br/>Binary codes and algorithms for text compression and error detection<br/>7.1 Binary Codes<br/>7.2 Codes for Characters<br/>7.3 Parity Bits<br/>7.4 Huffman Trees<br/>7.5 Huffman Codes<br/>7.6 Summary<br/>8 The War of the Words<br/>An introduction to computer architecture and assembly language programming<br/>8.1 Hello, MARS<br/>8.2 The Temperature on MARS<br/>8.3 Corewar<br/>8.4 Self-Referential Code<br/>8.5 ¨ Clones<br/>8.6 Summary<br/>9 Now for Something Compieteiy Different<br/>An algorithm for generating random numbers<br/>9.1 Pseudorandom Numbers<br/>9.2 Numbers on Demand .<br/>9.3 Games with Random Numbers<br/>9.4 Random Shuffles<br/>9.5 Tests of Randomness<br/>9.6 Summary<br/>10 Ask Dr. Ruby<br/>A program that understands English (or does it?)<br/>10.1 Overview of ELIZA<br/>10.2 Sentence Patterns .<br/>10.3 Building Responses from Parts of Sentences<br/>10.4 Substitutions<br/>10.5 An Algorithm for Having a Conversation<br/>10.6 ¨ Writing Scripts for ELIZA<br/>10.7 ELIZA and the Hiring Test<br/>10.8 Summary<br/>11 The Music of the Spheres<br/>Computer simulation and the N-body problem<br/>11.1 Running Around in Circles<br/>11.2 The Force of Gravity<br/>11.3 Force Vectors<br/>11.4 N-Body Simulation of the Solar System<br/>11.5 Summary<br/>12 The Traveling Salesman<br/>A genetic algorithm for a computationally demanding problem<br/>12.1 Maps and Tours<br/>12.2 Exhaustive Search<br/>12.3 Random Search<br/>12.4 Point Mutations<br/>12.5 The Genetic Algorithm<br/>12.6 Crossovers<br/>12.7 Summary |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | computer sciences |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 30/05/2016 | 004 CON/E | P31935 | 14/07/2018 | 14/07/2018 | General Books |