Overview
- Fills a market niche because the covered topics (building spatial models and software engineering) are rarely taught at universities but urgently needed by many engineers
- Uses a practical step-by-step learning method with complete small, medium-sized and extendable applications
- Takes a learning-by-doing and problem-oriented approach
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Object-Oriented Methodology
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Building Models with Objects and Patterns
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Back Matter
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About this book
The author introduces the reader to the creation and implementation of space-related models by applying a learning-by-doing and problem-oriented approach. The required procedural skills are rarely taught at universities and many scientists and engineers struggle to transfer a model into a computer program. The purpose of this book is to fill this gap. It moves from simple to more complex applications, covering various important topics in the sequence: dynamic matrix processing, 2D and 3D graphics, databases, Java applets and parallel computing. A file (SMOP.zip) with all examples can be downloaded free of charge from the Internet at http://de.geocities.com/bsttc2/book.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This is one of the first books trying to introduce object-oriented theory and practise especially for spatial sciences. … The examples may be used as starting point for own implementation because they are well described … . Thus, I would recommend it for higher level graduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in the field of surveying, geodesy, cartography, photogrammetry … . For these readers it will give a deeper insight into object-oriented concepts … . will help beginners to do the first successful steps in object-orientation." (Ralf Bill, Photogrammetrie-Fernerkundung-Geoinformation, Issue 6, 2004)
"This is a well-presented book, with a clear structure and writing style, which is easy to follow. … the author’s objective has been achieved, as the book takes the reader smoothly from basic concepts behind object-oriented methodology to the building of models with objects and patterns, concluding with applied examples. … the book is suitable for undergraduate students of Spatial Sciences and Engineering disciplines … . would also be suitable for teaching units within distance-based graduate programmes in spatial sciences or engineering." (G. Metternicht, The Photogrammetric Record, Vol. 20 (109), March, 2005)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spatial Modeling in Natural Sciences and Engineering
Book Subtitle: Software Development and Implementation
Editors: Jürgen Friedrich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18877-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20877-8Published: 09 February 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62336-3Published: 10 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18877-0Published: 27 June 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 305
Number of Illustrations: 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Simulation and Modeling, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Earth Sciences, general, Geophysics/Geodesy, Computational Intelligence