Bits and bugs : a scientific and historical review of software failures in computational science / Thomas Huckle, Tobias Neckel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huckle, Thomas, author.

Neckel, Tobias, author.

Contributor:

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, publisher.

Series:

Software, environments, tools.

Software, environments, and tools ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Software failures--History.

Software failures.

Debugging in computer science--History.

Debugging in computer science.

Physical Description:

1 PDF (xii, 251 pages).

Other Title:

Scientific and historical review of software failures in computational science.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), [2019]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Summary:

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:

Machine numbers, precision, and rounding errors

Mathematical modeling and discretization

Design of control systems

Synchronization and scheduling

Software-hardware interplay

Complexity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on title page of print version.

ISBN:

1-61197-556-5

OCLC:

1060184258

Publisher Number:

SE29 SIAM