This manual of scientific computing style will prove to be an essential addition to the bookshelf and lab of everyone who writes numerical software. Scientists, engineers and computer scientists who follow its advice will learn how to write good software, and how to test it for bugs, accuracy and pe
Writing scientific software: a guide for good style
β Scribed by Suely Oliveira, David E. Stewart
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 316
- Category
- Library
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