TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Owen AU - Maillardet,Robert AU - Robinson,Andrew TI - Introduction to scientific programming and simulation using R T2 - Chapman & Hall/CRC the R series SN - 9781466569997 U1 - 502.8553 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Science KW - Data processing KW - Computer simulation KW - Stochastic processes KW - Mathematical models KW - Numerical analysis KW - Computer programming N1 - Includes index; 1. Setting up-- 2. R as a calculating environment-- 3. Basic programming-- 4. I/O: Input and output-- 5. Programming with functions-- 6. Sophisticated data structures-- 7. Better graphics-- 8. Pointers to further programming techniques-- 9. Numerical accuracy and program efficiency-- 10. Root-finding-- 11. Numerical integration-- 12. Optimization-- 13. Systems of ordinary differential equations-- 14. Probability-- 15. Random variables-- 16. Discrete random variables-- 17. Continuous random variables-- 18. Parameter estimation-- 19. Markov chains-- 20. Simulation-- 21. Monte Carlo integration-- 22. Variance reduction-- 23. Case studies-- 24. Student projects-- Glossary of R commands-- Programs and functions developed in the text-- Index N2 - This second edition continues to introduce scientific programming and stochastic modelling in a clear, practical, and thorough way. Readers learn programming by experimenting with the provided R code and data ER -