01865 a2200325 4500 1439869375 20250317100408.0 250312042018xx 71 eng 9781439869376 Taylor & Francis GBP 68.99 BB 01 eng UB thema PBWH thema PH thema UY thema UB bic PBWH bic PH bic UY bic MAT000000 bisac SCI055000 bisac 003.3 bisac Michael Roth Modeling and Simulation of Everyday Things 1 CRC Press 20180319 368 p How can computer modeling and simulation tools be used to understand and analyze common situations and everyday problems? Readers will find here an easy-to-follow, enjoyable introduction for anyone even with little background training. Examples are incorporated throughout to stimulate interest and engage the reader. Build the necessary skillsets with operating systems, editing, languages, commands, and visualization. Obtain hands-on examples from sports, accidents, and disease to problems of heat transfer, fluid flow, waves, and groundwater flow. Includes discussion of parallel computing and graphics processing units. This introductory, practical guide is suitable for students at any level up to professionals looking to use modeling and simulation to help solve basic to more advanced problems. Michael W. Roth, PhD, serves as Dean of the School of STEM and Business at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa. He was most recently Chair for three years at Northern Kentucky University's Department of Physics, Geology and Engineering Technology, and holds several awards for teaching excellence. 1967 1967