SCIENCE OF COMPUTING shaping a discipline
The identity of computing has been fiercely debated throughout its short history. Why is it still so hard to define computing as an academic discipline? Is computing a scientific, mathematical, or engineering discipline? By describing the mathematical, engineering, and scientific traditions of compu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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CRC Press
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Chapman & Hall Book
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628760206719 |
| Sumario: | The identity of computing has been fiercely debated throughout its short history. Why is it still so hard to define computing as an academic discipline? Is computing a scientific, mathematical, or engineering discipline? By describing the mathematical, engineering, and scientific traditions of computing, The Science of Computing: Shaping a Discipline presents a rich picture of computing from the viewpoints of the field's champions. The book helps readers understand the debates about computing as a discipline. It explains the context of computing's central debates and portrays a broad perspecti |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780429159572 9781138413924 9781482217704 |
