C++ Engineering Program Design

Author: Delores M. Etter
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The authors of this book are best-selling author Delores M. Etter and computer science and engineering educator Jeanine A. Ingber. This book introduces readers to how to use the C++ programming language to solve engineering problems in an object-oriented programming approach. The authors analyze various significant challenges currently faced by the scientific community using a simple and practical problem-solving method, including the prediction of weather, climate, and global change; computerized speech recognition; mapping the human genome; improving the performance of transportation; enhancing the recovery of oil and natural gas; and engineering simulation, among others. Using C++ to solve engineering and scientific problems is the core focus of this book.
Goals for Solving Engineering Problems
● Develop a general method to solve engineering problems
● Apply different engineering examples and applications to illustrate the process of using C++ to solve engineering problems
● Introduce object-oriented editing concepts and the C++ features that support them, with a focus on the basics of magnetic editing.
Key Features of the Book
● Use a five-step process throughout the book to solve engineering problems.
● Introduce various objects used when discussing data types and standard input/output.
● Discuss the fundamental capabilities of using C++ to solve engineering problems, including control structures, data files, and functions.
● Flexibly arrange the themes of each chapter.
● Show readers how to use template functions.
● Introduce one-dimensional arrays, matrices, and classes.
● Explain what custom classes are, including operator overloading and inheritance.
● Explore the use of pointers and dynamic memory allocation.
● Introduce dynamic data structures supported by the C++ standard library.