Booth / George Digital Computers in Action

The Commonwealth and International Library: Computing Science and Cybernetics Division
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4719-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Web PDF

Digital Computers in Action is an introduction to the basics of digital computers as well as their programming and various applications in fields such as mathematics, science, engineering, economics, medicine, and law. Other topics include engineering automation, process control, special purpose games-playing devices, machine translation and mechanized linguistics, and information retrieval. This book consists of 14 chapters and begins by discussing the history of computers, from the idea of performing complex arithmetical calculations to the emergence of a modern view of the structure of a general purpose computing machine. Some of the most important applications of computers are also considered. This text introduces the structure and capabilities of the modern electronic digital computer; what operations can be performed by a typical machine and how these operations make the process of automatic calculation a useful one; and the uses of digital computers in mathematics, science, engineering, economics, medicine, and law. This book also examines the applications of computers to the automation of production engineering, process control in refinery transportation and the factory, and machine translation and mechanized linguistics. The final chapter deals with the use of computers in information storage and retrieval. This reference material is intended for students who wish to know how computers can be of assistance in their own disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Booth, A. D.

George, F. H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Digital Computers in Action;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;Chapter 1.Introduction;10
7;Chapter 2. The Electronic Digital Computer;18
7.1;REFERENCE;30
8;Chapter 3. Programming a Computer;31
8.1;REFERENCE;39
9;Chapter 4. The Computer in Mathematics;40
9.1;REFERENCES;47
10;Chapter 5. The Computer in Science;49
10.1;REFERENCES;58
11;Chapter 6. The Computer in Engineering;59
11.1;AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING;59
11.2;CIVIL ENGINEERING;65
11.3;ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;69
11.4;GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING;75
11.5;MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;75
11.6;NAUTICAL ENGINEERING;76
11.7;THE COMPUTER ITSELF;77
11.8;REFERENCES;77
12;Chapter 7. Engineering Automation;79
12.1;REFERENCES;87
13;Chapter 8. Process Control—The Refinery Transportation and the Factory;88
13.1;REFERENCES;96
14;Chapter 9. Economics;97
14.1;REFERENCES;100
15;Chapter 10. Games and Gamesmanship;102
15.1;REFERENCES;114
16;Chapter 11. The Computer in Medicine;115
16.1;DATA REDUCTION;116
16.2;CATALOGUING;118
16.3;STRAIGHTFORWARD COMPUTING;120
16.4;SIMULATION;121
16.5;DIAGNOSIS;121
16.6;REFERENCES;125
17;Chapter 12. The Computer and the Law;126
17.1;REFERENCES;128
18;Chapter 13. Machine Translation and Mechanised Linguistics;129
18.1;MACHINE TRANSLATION;129
18.2;MECHANISED LINGUISTICS;140
18.3;REFERENCES;142
19;Chapter 14. Information Retrieval;143
20;Author Index;150
21;Subject Index;153