Introduction to Engineering Programming: In C, Matlab and Java

How do you select the right programming language for the right job?Austin and Chancogne provide students with a collection of fourtutorials that cover concepts in modern engineering computations,and engineering programming in Ansi C, Matlab Version 5, and Java1.1. The text gives practical guidance on selecting the bestprogramming language for a project through a large number ofworking examples. With the help of these examples, students willlearn how to design, write, and execute engineering programs usingthese programming languages. By incorporating Ansi C, Matlab, andJava into one text, students will quickly learn the strengths andweaknesses of each language. They'll do this with the help of the56 case study programs and 115 programming exercises integratedthroughout the book. A small suite of basic engineering problems isalso implemented in each of the three programming languages. Thefour tutorials featured in the book include:
* Modern Engineering Computations - covers hardware components in asimple computer, operating systems, networks (including theInternet and World Wide Web), and an overview of programminglanguages.
* C Tutorial - teaches students how to write multi-function Cprograms. Topics include basic data types, operators andexpressions, program control, functions, dynamic memory allocation,and input/output.
* Matlab - shows students how to solve simple matrix programs withsimple graphics. This tutorial also demonstrates how MATLABprograms can be much shorter than equivalent implementations in Cor Java.
* Java - explains how Java got started, about object-orientedprogram design, and how to write Java programs withplatform-independent graphical user interfaces that can operateacross the Internet.