| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Loops -- Recursions -- Complexity of Programs and Algorithms -- Accuracy Issues -- Sorting -- Solutions of Linear Systems of Equations -- File Processing -- Suggested Mini Projects |
| Summary |
When encountering difficult concepts in computer programming for the first time, many students struggle to find simple explanations in their textbooks. Information can also be hard to find on common mistakes made when implementing algorithms and writing programs. This concise and easy-to-follow textbook/guide provides a student-friendly introduction to programming and algorithms. Emphasis is placed on the threshold concepts that present barriers to learning, including the questions that students are often too embarrassed to ask. The book promotes an active learning style in which a deeper understanding is gained from evaluating, questioning, and discussing the material, and practised in hands-on exercises. Although R is used as the language of choice for all programs, strict assumptions are avoided in the explanations in order for these to remain applicable to other programming languages. Topics and features: Provides exercises at the end of each chapter to test the reader's understanding. Includes three mini projects in the final chapter that students may enjoy while programming |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 20, 2013) |
| Subject |
R (Computer program language)
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Computer programming.
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Programming languages (Electronic computers)
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Algorithms
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Programming Languages
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Software
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computer programming.
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algorithms.
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software.
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Programming languages (Electronic computers)
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Computer programming
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R (Computer program language)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781447153283 |
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1447153286 |
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1447153278 |
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9781447153276 |
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9781447162049 |
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1447162048 |
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9781447153290 |
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1447153294 |
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