Java Gently for Engineers and Scientists

by Bishop, Judith; Bishop, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780201343045
• ISBN10: 0201343045
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

Java provides the engineer and scientist with an efficient and easy-to-use tool for problem solving in today's web-based environment. This text draws on a wide range of engineering and scientific problems to teach Java by example. From the start, solutions are presented via a special graphics package so that the reader can appreciate the physical significance of the underlying mathematics. Covers all of the Java language, its standard libraries and utilities. In terms of programming, it covers object-orientation, software design, structured programming, graphical user interfacing, data representation, animation and networking.

Table of Contents

Example programs and Case studies	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(18)
Welcome to Java	1	(4)
Software development	5	(4)
Scientific computing	9	(4)
Getting started with Java	13	(4)
The web site	17	(2)
Quiz	17	(2)
Simple programs	19	(32)
Two starter programs	19	(3)
Java basics	22	(5)
Beginning with output	27	(3)
Expressions and assignment	30	(7)
Numerical computing	37	(14)
Quiz	48	(1)
Problems	49	(2)
Structuring	51	(48)
Properties of a good program	51	(2)
Repetition with for-loops	53	(9)
Input and output on a display	62	(6)
Making methods	68	(9)
The Graph class	77	(4)
Numerical methods with for-loops	81	(18)
Quiz	94	(1)
Problems	95	(4)
Controlling	99	(44)
Files for input and output	99	(7)
The types boolean and char	106	(5)
Selection with if-else and switch	111	(5)
Conditional loops with while and do	116	(5)
Handling exceptions	121	(5)
Arithmetic accuracy	126	(7)
Numerical methods with while-loops	133	(10)
Quiz	138	(1)
Problems	139	(4)
Arrays and matrices	143	(42)
Simple arrays	143	(13)
Matrices	156	(5)
Numerical methods - linear curve fitting	161	(6)
Numerical methods - solving linear equations	167	(8)
Linear boundary value problem	175	(10)
Quiz	181	(1)
Problems	182	(3)
Abstraction	185	(58)
Class power	185	(5)
Class-independent tables	190	(6)
Abstract methods and classes	196	(10)
Working within a hierarchy	206	(10)
Numerical methods with abstraction	216	(15)
Process control	231	(12)
Quiz	238	(1)
Problems	239	(4)
Customizing	243	(38)
Introduction to the awt	243	(10)
Laying out a GUI	253	(8)
Events, listeners and handlers	261	(6)
Inside the Graph class	267	(14)
Quiz	278	(1)
Problems	278	(3)
Networking	281	(44)
From applications to applets	281	(9)
Connecting via the Internet	290	(5)
Sound and images	295	(5)
Animation through threads	300	(11)
The Planets Project	311	(14)
Quiz	323	(1)
Problems	324	(1)
Distributing	325	(46)
Formalities of threads	325	(7)
Inside the Display class	332	(7)
Ports and sockets	339	(6)
The chatter system	345	(5)
The nuclear reactor	350	(21)
Quiz	368	(1)
Problems	369	(2)
Additional topics	371	(42)
Strings and string handling	371	(5)
Inside the Text class	376	(6)
Formatting with the java . text package	382	(5)
Dates, calendars and times	387	(5)
Lists of objects	392	(6)
Other object properties	398	(3)
Interfaces for generality	401	(12)
Quiz	409	(1)
Problems	409	(4)
Answers to quizzes	413	(9)
Index	422