This best-selling Spreadsheet book provides excellent coverage of all versions of Excel including the latest version, Excel 2002. It discusses how to use Excel to solve a variety of problems in introductory engineering analysis, such as graphing data, unit conversions, simple statistical analysis, sorting, searching and analyzing data, curve fitting, interpolation, solving algebraic equations, logical decisions, evaluating integrals, comparing economic alternatives, and finding optimum solutions. Numerous examples are included illustrating both traditional and spreadsheet solutions to a variety of problems. The underlying mathematical solution procedures are also discussed, so that the reader is provided with an understanding of what the spreadsheet does and how it does it.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 185 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-0-07-297184-2 (9780072971842)
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Byron S. Gottfried is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Academic Director of the Freshman Engineering Program at the University of Pittsburgh. He has written eleven college textbooks, including Schaum's Outline of Programming with Basic.
Part I: Excel Fundamentals1. Engineering Analysis and Spreadsheets2. Creating an Excel Worksheet3. Editing an Excel Worksheet4. Graphing Data5. Organizing Data6. Transferring DataPart II: Engineering Applications7. Converting Units 8. Analyzing Data Statistically 9. Fitting Equations to Data 10. Solving Single Equations11. Solving Simultaneous Equations 12. Evaluating Integrals 13. Making Logical Decisions (IF-THEN-ELSE) 14. Recording and Running Macros 15. Comparing Economic Alternatives16. Finding Optimum SolutionsAppendixIndex