The NAG Library : a beginner's guide / Jen Phillips.
By: Phillips, Jen
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Material type: 
BookPublisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1986Description: viii, 245 p. : ill ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0198532636.Subject(s): NAG libraryDDC classification: 005.3
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 005.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00020931 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Numerical Algorithms Group Library is a world-famous collection of Fortran subroutines used by over 1,000 computer institutions worldwide. Each subroutine does a numerical or statistical job, such as solving a set of differential equations or finding correlation coefficients. This book, written by an experienced teacher of students dealing with the NAG library, provides alternative descriptions of a basic selection of NAG routines. Each description includes a specimen problem and a specimen program suited to on-line use. It is an invaluable guide to any newcomer unsure of how to approach the library and is the perfect introduction to NAG numerical software.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Introduction
- 1 Some Questions and Answers
- 2 Fortran Notes.
- 3 Introduction to the NAG Routine Descriptions
- 4 Specimen Routine Descriptions
- 5 Avoiding Mistakes
- Part 2 Some ""Easy-to-Use"" NAG Routines
- 6 Routine Descriptions
- 7 The NAG Graphical Supplement
- Part 3 The NAG Library
- 8 Approaching the NAG Library
- 9 How to Approach a NAG Routine
- 10 Some Specimen NAG Routine Documents