Introduction to Elementary Computational Modeling: Essential Concepts, Principles, and Problem Solving

With an emphasis on problem solving, Introduction to Elementary Computational Modeling introduces the basic principles and fundamental concepts of computational modeling. The text emphasizes reasoning and conceptualizing problems, elementary mathematical modeling, and implementation using computing concepts and principles. Examples are included that demonstrate the computation and visualization of the implemented models.

The author provides case studies, along with an overview of computational models and their development. The first part of the text presents the basic concepts of models and techniques for designing and implementing problem solutions. The book applies standard pseudocode constructs and flowcharts for designing models; it also covers model implementation with basic programming constructs using MATLAB.