This book demonstrates the power of numerical methods in the context of solving complex engineering and scientific problems. With a wealth of exercises, it emphasizes the practical aspects of numerical methods and addresses their advantages and disadvantages. Each chapter contains many computational examples, as well as a section on applications that contains additional engineering examples.

Bilal Ayyub, PhD, is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the director of the Center for Technology and Systems Management at the A. James Clark School of Engineering. Dr. Ayyub is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the Society for Risk Analysis, and is also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has completed many research and development projects for many governmental and private entities. Dr. Ayyub has received numerous awards and is the author or coauthor of more than 600 publications in journals, conference proceedings, and reports including 8 textbooks and 14 edited books.

Richard H. McCuen, PhD, is the Ben Dyer Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. McCuen earned degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Topics in statistical hydrology and stormwater management are his primary research interests. He received numerous awards and is the author of 26 books and over 250 professional papers.

Introduction. Matrices. Introduction to Numerical Methods. Roots of Equations. Simultaneous Linear Equations. Numerical Interpolation. Differentiation and Integration. Differential Equations. Data Description and Treatment. Curve Fitting and Regression Analysis. Numerical Optimization.