Computer Science Textbooks
Think DSP: Digital Signal Processing in Python
Contributor: Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
Think DSP is an introduction to Digital Signal Processing in Python.
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Think Java: How To Think Like a Computer Scientist - 2e
Contributors: Mayfield and Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
Think Java is a hands-on introduction to computer science and programming used by many universities and high schools around the world. Its conciseness, emphasis on vocabulary, and informal tone make it particularly appealing for readers with little or no experience. The book starts with the most basic programming concepts and gradually works its way to advanced object-oriented techniques.
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Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers - 2e
Contributor: Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
Think Stats is an introduction to Probability and Statistics for Python programmers.
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Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics Made Simple
Contributor: Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
Think Bayes is an introduction to Bayesian statistics using computational methods.
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Think Complexity: Exploring Complexity Science with Python - 2e
Contributor: Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
Complexity Science is an interdisciplinary field—at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and natural science—that focuses on discrete models of physical and social systems. In particular, it focuses on complex systems, which are systems with many interacting components.
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Fast Fourier Transforms
Contributor: Burrus
Publisher: OpenStax CNX
This book focuses on the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), discrete convolution, and, particularly, the fast algorithms to calculate them. These topics have been at the center of digital signal processing since its beginning, and new results in hardware, theory and applications continue to keep them important and exciting. This book uses an index map, a polynomial decomposition, an operator factorization, and a conversion to a filter to develop a very general and efficient description of fast algorithms to calculate the discrete Fourier transform (DFT). The work of Winograd is outlined, chapters by Selesnick, Pueschel, and Johnson are included, and computer programs are provided.
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Digital Circuit Projects: An Overview of Digital Circuits Through Implementing Integrated Circuits
Contributor: Kann
Publisher: A.T. Still University
Digital circuits, often called Integrated Circuits or ICs, are the central building blocks of a Central Processing Unit (CPU). To understand how a computer works, it is essential to understand the digital circuits which make up the CPU. This text introduces the most important of these digital circuits; adders, decoders, multiplexers, D flip-flops, and simple state machines.
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Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems
Contributor: Sayama
Publisher: Open SUNY
Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems introduces students to mathematical/computational modeling and analysis developed in the emerging interdisciplinary field of Complex Systems Science. Complex systems are systems made of a large number of microscopic components interacting with each other in nontrivial ways. Many real-world systems can be understood as complex systems, where critically important information resides in the relationships between the parts and not necessarily within the parts themselves.
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Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS
Contributors: Fang, Shandas, and Cordero
Publisher: Portland State University Library
The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate these readings to provide the necessary foundation for discerning its appropriate use. Therefore, this textbook attempts to facilitate spatial thinking focusing more on open-ended planning questions, which require judgment and exploration, while developing the analytical capacity for understanding a variety of local and regional planning challenges.
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Java, Java, Java: Object-Oriented Problem Solving
Contributors: Morelli and Walde
Publisher: Ralph Morelli, Ralph Walde
We have designed this third edition of Java, Java, Java to be suitable for a typical Introduction to Computer Science (CS1) course or for a slightly more advanced Java as a Second Language course. This edition retains the “objects first” approach to programming and problem solving that was characteristic of the first two editions. Throughout the text we emphasize careful coverage of Java language features, introductory programming concepts, and object-oriented design principles.
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