1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996490359703316

Autore

Morazán Marco T.

Titolo

Animated Program Design [[electronic resource] ] : Intermediate Program Design Using Video Game Development / / by Marco T. Morazán

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031043178

9783031043161

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (515 pages)

Collana

Texts in Computer Science, , 1868-095X

Disciplina

794.81526

Soggetti

Software engineering

Computer programming

Computer games - Programming

Software Engineering

Programming Techniques

Game Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Basic Problem Solving and Program Design -- 1. The Science of Problem Solving -- 2. The N-Puzzle Problem -- 3. Randomness -- Part II: Generative Recursion -- 4. Introduction to Generative Recursion -- 5. Sorting -- 6. Searching -- 7. N-Puzzle Version 2 -- 8. N-Puzzle Version 3 -- Part III: Accumulative Recursion -- 9. Accumulators -- 10. N-Puzzle Versions 4 and 5 -- 11. Iteration -- 12. N-Puzzle Version 6 -- 13. Continuation-Passing Style -- Part IV: Mutation -- 14. Sharing Values -- 15. Mutation Sequencing -- 16. Vectors -- 17. In-Place Operations -- 18. The Chicken and the Egg Paradox -- Part V: Epilogue -- 19. Where to go from here.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook presents a systematic methodology for program development by using design recipes, i.e. a series of steps, each with a specific outcome, that takes a problem solver from a problem statement to a working and tested programmed solution. It introduces the reader to generative recursion, heuristic searching, accumulative



recursion, tail recursion, iteration, mutation, loops, program correctness, and vectors. It uses video game development to make the content fun while at the same time teaching problem-solving techniques. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents introductory material on basic problem solving and program design. It starts by reviewing the basic steps of a design recipe using structural recursion on a list. It then proceeds to review code refactoring–a common technique used to refine programs when a better or more elegant way is found to solve a problem–and introduces the reader to randomness. Next, Part II explores a new type of recursion called generative recursion. It navigates the reader through examples involving fractal image generation, efficient sorting, and efficient searching techniques such as binary, depth-first, and breadth-first search. Part III then explores a new type of recursion called accumulative (or accumulator) recursion. Examples used include finding a path in a graph, improving insertion sorting, and list-folding operations. Finally, Part IV explores mutation. To aid the reader in properly sequencing mutations it presents Hoare Logic and program correctness. In addition, it introduces vectors, vector processing, in-place operations, and circular data. Throughout the whole book complexity analysis and empirical experimentation is used to evaluate solutions. This textbook targets undergraduates at all levels as well as graduate students wishing to learn about program design. It details advanced types of recursion, a disciplined approach to the use of mutation, and illustrates the design process by developing a video game exploiting iterative refinement.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782585703321

Autore

Caine Barbara

Titolo

Bombay to Bloomsbury [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of the Strachey family / / Barbara Caine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-383-03900-3

1-281-34581-4

9786611345815

0-19-153052-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 p.)

Disciplina

929/.2/08921054

Soggetti

British - India

Imperialism

Feminism - Great Britain

Great Britain Biography

Great Britain Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-474) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An Anglo-Indian family -- An imperial marriage -- Strachey childhoods -- School days -- University life -- Modern marriages -- Single life -- Sibling ties -- Work, income, and changing career patterns -- Gender transformations and the question of sexuality -- A feminist family -- Continuity and change -- A literary family -- Old age and death.

Sommario/riassunto

The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family. Prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the nineteenth century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and the bringing of new approaches to sexuality in the twentieth century, they had a wide and significant influence. Examining Lytton Strachey, his parents and nine siblings, Barbara Caine provides a fascinating picture of a diverse and complex family in a period of change from. Victorian England to the beat generation. - ;The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family, pro