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Book Reviews
Programming in Standard FORTRAN 77. A. BALFOURand D. H. MARWICK (Heinemann, London) In writing this book the authors have attempted to provide a comprehensive coverage of FORTRAN 77, as defined in the new Standard, for experienced FORTRAN users. At the same time, the text is equally suitable for those with no previous knowledge of FORTRAN, but who possess some familiarity with elementary programming techniques. The book is aimed at 3 categories of reader: (a) current FORTRAN users; (b) undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and staff in universities, technical colleges, colleges of education, etc.: (c) scientists, engineers, and technologists in industry.
Learning BASIC Fast. CLAUDEJ. DEROSSl (Reston Publishing Co., Reston, VA) This text on the BASIC programming language is intended for persons who must learn the language fast. It assumes the reader knows nothing about the subject and therefore it proceeds from very fundamental concepts through to a fairly sophisticated level. The book is written in an informal, non-technical style. As the text builds from previous knowledge, it gives the student the ability to practice what he knows. Many examples and exercises reinforce the knowledge that the student has gained. This book may be used in a one-semester course on BASIC programming or it may be used as a self-teaching text by the person who must learn BASIC on his own.
MIS Concepts and Design. ROBERT G. MURDICK (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N J) There is probably no more challenging and diversified subject than management information systems. It ranges through management theory, organizational behavior, systems theory, communication theory, and computer science. A thorough treatment of the subjects involved in MIS design would require volumes; this book provides the basics. Three major concepts divide this text. Part 1 provides an insight into the systems view of management in a computerized world. Part 2 is a how-to-do-it section. Part 3 presents the underlying theory of MIS in more depth for more advanced students. For an undergraduate course Part 3 may be omitted. The questions and problems at the end of each chapter have been designed for the convenience of the students and instructor.
Software Manual for the Elementary Functions. WILLIAMJ. CODY JR and WILLIAMWAITE (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N J) This manual is intended to provide guidance towards the preparation and testing of elementary function subroutines for non-vector oriented digital computers. We believe it will be useful to systems programmers, teachers, students of numerical analysis, hobbyists and anyone else concerned or curious about how the elementary functions might be computed. The functions covered are the usual assortment of algebraic, trigonometric, and transcendental functions of real argument, including those required by algebraic languages such as FORTRAN and BASIC. Where programs are included, they are written in FORTRAN. The ideas, algorithms, and programs presented are more widely applicable. Many of the algorithms and accompanying test programs have been implemented in BASIC and PL/I by the authors and their students, and some have been implemented on programmable hand calculators.
Book Reviews
Programming in Standard FORTRAN 77. A. BALFOURand D. H. MARWICK (Heinemann, London) In writing this book the authors have attempted to provide a comprehensive coverage of FORTRAN 77, as defined in the new Standard, for experienced FORTRAN users. At the same time, the text is equally suitable for those with no previous knowledge of FORTRAN, but who possess some familiarity with elementary programming techniques. The book is aimed at 3 categories of reader: (a) current FORTRAN users; (b) undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and staff in universities, technical colleges, colleges of education, etc.: (c) scientists, engineers, and technologists in industry.
Learning BASIC Fast. CLAUDEJ. DEROSSl (Reston Publishing Co., Reston, VA) This text on the BASIC programming language is intended for persons who must learn the language fast. It assumes the reader knows nothing about the subject and therefore it proceeds from very fundamental concepts through to a fairly sophisticated level. The book is written in an informal, non-technical style. As the text builds from previous knowledge, it gives the student the ability to practice what he knows. Many examples and exercises reinforce the knowledge that the student has gained. This book may be used in a one-semester course on BASIC programming or it may be used as a self-teaching text by the person who must learn BASIC on his own.
MIS Concepts and Design. ROBERT G. MURDICK (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N J) There is probably no more challenging and diversified subject than management information systems. It ranges through management theory, organizational behavior, systems theory, communication theory, and computer science. A thorough treatment of the subjects involved in MIS design would require volumes; this book provides the basics. Three major concepts divide this text. Part 1 provides an insight into the systems view of management in a computerized world. Part 2 is a how-to-do-it section. Part 3 presents the underlying theory of MIS in more depth for more advanced students. For an undergraduate course Part 3 may be omitted. The questions and problems at the end of each chapter have been designed for the convenience of the students and instructor.
Software Manual for the Elementary Functions. WILLIAMJ. CODY JR and WILLIAMWAITE (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N J) This manual is intended to provide guidance towards the preparation and testing of elementary function subroutines for non-vector oriented digital computers. We believe it will be useful to systems programmers, teachers, students of numerical analysis, hobbyists and anyone else concerned or curious about how the elementary functions might be computed. The functions covered are the usual assortment of algebraic, trigonometric, and transcendental functions of real argument, including those required by algebraic languages such as FORTRAN and BASIC. Where programs are included, they are written in FORTRAN. The ideas, algorithms, and programs presented are more widely applicable. Many of the algorithms and accompanying test programs have been implemented in BASIC and PL/I by the authors and their students, and some have been implemented on programmable hand calculators.