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- A truly multidisciplinary look at one of the most important tools of modern scientific and engineering practice
- Offers a large catalog of supplementary readings.
- Distinguishes the variety of roles and reliability of simulation in different branches of science and engineering
- Accessible to researchers in all fields as well as other scientifically literate readers
- Author is a specialist in the philosophy of computer simulation
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book addresses key conceptual issues relating to the modern scientific and engineering use of computer simulations. It analyses a broad set of questions, from the nature of computer simulations to their epistemological power, including the many scientific, social and ethics implications of using computer simulations. The book is written in an easily accessible narrative, one that weaves together philosophical questions and scientific technicalities. It will thus appeal equally to all academic scientists, engineers, and researchers in industry interested in questions (and conceivable answers) related to the general practice of computer simulations.
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Juan Manuel Durán
About the author
Juan M. Durán is currently a lecturer at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands). He has previously held several appointments, including research positions at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina), and at the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart (Germany). He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Stuttgart and the Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology (Germany). He graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) in philosophy and computer science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computer Simulations in Science and Engineering
Book Subtitle: Concepts - Practices - Perspectives
Authors: Juan Manuel Durán
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90882-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90880-9Published: 02 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08122-5Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90882-3Published: 20 September 2018
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 209
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Philosophy of Science, Simulation and Modeling, Computational Science and Engineering, Mathematical and Computational Engineering