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Introduction to computation and programming using Python, John V. Guttag

Label
Introduction to computation and programming using Python, John V. Guttag
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Introduction to computation and programming using Python
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
829744870
Responsibility statement
John V. Guttag
Table Of Contents
Getting started -- Introduction to python -- Some simple numerical programs -- Functions, scoping, and abstraction -- structured types, mutability, and higher-order functions -- testing and debugging -- Exceptions and assertions -- Classes and object-oriented programming -- A simplistic introduction to algorithmic complexity -- Some simple algorithms and data structures -- Plotting and more about classes -- Stochastic programs, probability, and statistics -- Random walks and more about data visualization -- Monte Carlo simulation -- Understanding experimental data -- Lies, damned lies, and statistics -- Knapsack and graph optimization -- Dynamic programming -- A quick look at machine learning
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