Course Description
Scientific Computation can be described as the use of numerical methods to solve specific problems in engineering and other areas. The course provides an introduction to various methods and algorithms in Scientific Computation. Understanding of the material will be solidified through programming in C and Maple. Several applications will be analyzed in detail.
Prerequisites CP104, MA103, (or MA110*), MA104, MA122, MA205
Instructor Dr. Ilias S. Kotsireas, Office 2076A, Office Hours: 24/7 and by appointment, Phone 884-0710 ext. 2218 E-Mail ikotsire@wlu.ca
Textbook
Applied Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists by Singiresu S. Rao ISBN: 0-13-089480-X Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2002 |
Textbook Support Web Site: http://www.prenhall.com/rao Course Website: http://sauron.wlu.ca/kotsireas/teaching.html |
Fall Semester Timetable
| Mon | Wed | Fri | | 1:30-2:20 | 1:30-2:20 | 1:30-2:20 | | BA 111 | BA 111 | BA 111 | ______________|____________|____________|____________|_____ | | | | Week 1: | Sep 13 | Sep 15 | Sep 17 | Week 2: | Sep 20 | Sep 22 | Sep 24 | Week 3: | Sep 27 | Sep 29 | Oct 1 | Week 4: | Oct 4 | Oct 6 | Oct 8 | Week 5: | Oct 11* | Oct 13 | Oct 15 | Week 6: | Oct 18 | Oct 20 | Oct 22 | ---------------------------------------------------------- Week 7: | Oct 25** | Oct 27 | Oct 29 | Week 8: | Nov 1 | Nov 3 | Nov 5 | Week 9: | Nov 8 | Nov 10 | Nov 12 | Week 10: | Nov 15 | Nov 17 | Nov 19 | Week 11: | Nov 22 | Nov 24 | Nov 26 | Week 12: | Nov 29 | Dec 1 | Dec 3 | | Dec 6*** | | | ______________|__ _________|____________|____________|____ | | | | * Thanksgiving, no classes ** Midterm Examination *** Make-up class for October 11, Thanksgiving
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Software
Maple is a Computational Algebra System that allows the user to perform symbolic and numeric computations, visualization, experimentation and much more. Maple will be used extensively in the course assignments as well as the Term Project. Maple is being developed maintained and distributed by Maplesoft. Maple is available in Wilfrid Laurier University labs and the latest release of Maple, Maple 9.5, can also be obtained individually through the Maple Adoption Program.
Course Requirements
Term Project Topic: Nonlinear Optimization of functions of several variables. You will have to implement several methods for performing optimization of functions of several variables and test your implementations with specific examples. Self-contained descriptions of the methods and worked out examples as well as exercises are provided in the file Term Project files This file is called CP315TermProject.tar.gz To unpack the file CP315TermProject.tar.gz correctly, ftp the file on a unix server and first do: gunzip CP315TermProject.tar.gz and then do: tar xvf CP315TermProject.tar this will extract the directory CP315TermProject with 24 pdf files inside. You need to form groups to work on the project. As soon as you form the groups, send me e-mail with the names of the group members. Each group should have no more than 4 people. The due date for the term project will be in early December. Each group will be required to do a demonstration of the term project, in December as well. The exact dates will be announced in class. Each group is expected to put together a design document for the term project. Details on the contents of the design document will be given in class.
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