Table Of ContentError, Statistics, and the Floating-point Number System.NUMERICAL METHODS.Curve Fitting.Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.Numerical Integration.Numerical Solution of Differential Equations.Matrix Methods and Systems of Linear Equations.Random Numbers and Monte Carlo Simulation.Simplex Optimization.NONNUMERICAL METHODS.Chemical Structure Information Handling.Mathematical Graph Theory.Substructure Searching.Molecular Mechanics.Pattern Recognition.Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems.Spectroscopic Library Searching and Structure Elucidation.GRAPHICS.Graphical Display of Data.Graphical Display of Molecules.Index.
SynopsisThis book on computer software applications in chemistry goes beyond hardware interfacing and computer lab use. It is organized by topic - general aspects of computers, solution of equations by numerical means, abstract (non-numerical) chemical-structure information handling and molecular mechanics, and graphical displays of data and molecular structures. Each topic is supplemented frequently by FORTRAN programs which illustrate the ways in which computer software is applicable to the chemical field., This unique presentation of computer software applications in chemistry goes beyond hardware interfacing and computer lab use. The book is organized by topic: general aspects of computers, solution of equations by numerical means, abstract (nonnumerical) chemical-structure information handling and molecular mechanics, and graphical displays of data and molecular structures. Each topic is supplemented frequently by FORTRAN programs which illustrate the ways in which computer software is applicable to the chemical field.