For one/two semester courses in Engineering and Computer Science at the freshman/sophomore level.   This text is a clear, concise introduction to problem solving and the C++ programming language. The authors’ proven five-step problem solving methodology is presented and then incorporated in every chapter of the text. Outstanding engineering and scientific applications are used throughout; all applications are centered around the theme of engineering challenges in the 21st century.   Supplements Include:   For Students: Access Data Files at  www.prenhall.com/etter   Instructor Resource Center includes:  Lecture PowerPoints   Solutions to all exercises in the text. Quizzes to accompany all chapters

Table of Contents:
  Contents   Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING 2 1.1 Historical Perspective 3 1.2 Recent Engineering Achievements 7            Changing Engineering Environment 9 1.3 Computing Systems 11            Computer Hardware 11            Computer Software 12 1.4 Data Representation and Storage 16            Number Systems 17            Data Types and Storage 23 1.5 An Engineering Problem-Solving Methodology 26 Summary 29   Chapter 2 SIMPLE C++ PROGRAMS 34 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Global Change 34 2.1 Program Structure 35 2.2 Constants and Variables 39            Scientific Notation 41            Numeric Data Types 42            Boolean Data Type 44            Character Data Type 44            String Data 46            Symbolic Constants 47 2.3 C++ Operators 47            Assignment Operator 47            Arithmetic Operators 49            Precedence of Operators 51            Overflow and Underflow 54            Increment and Decement Operators 55            Abbreviated Assignment Operators 55 2.4 Standard Input and Output 57            The cout Object 57            Stream Objects 58            Manipulators 60            The cin Object 63 2.5 Numerical Technique: Linear Interpolation 65 2.6 Problem Solving Applied: Freezing Temperature of Seawater 69 2.7 Basic Functions Included in the C++ Standard Library 73            Elementary Math Functions 74            Trigonometric Functions 75            Hyperbolic Functions* 76            Character Functions 78 2.8 Problem Solving Applied: Velocity Computation 78 2.9 System Limitations 82 Summary 83   Chapter 3 CONTROL STRUCTURES 92 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Global Change 92 3.1 Algorithm Development 93            Top-Down Design 93            Structured Programming 94            Refinement in Pseudocode 95            Evaluation of Alternative Solutions 98 3.2 Conditional Expressions 98            Relational Operators 98            Logical Operators 99            Precedence and Associativity 101 3.3 Selection Statements 102            Simple if Statements 102            if/else Statement 104            switch Statement 108 3.4 Loop Structures 111            while Loop 111            do/while Loop 114            for Loop 116            break and continue Statements 120            Structuring Input Loops 121 3.5 Problem Solving Applied: Weather Balloons 125 Summary 130   Chapter 4 WORKING WITH DATA FILES 138 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Weather Prediction 138 4.1 Stream Class Hierarchy 139 Stream Class Hierarchy 139            ifstream Class 142            ofstream Class 144 4.2 Reading Data Files 145            Specified Number of Records 146            Trailer or Sentinel Signal 148            End-of-File 150 4.3 Generating a Data File 153 4.4 Problem Solving Applied: Data Filters–Modifying an HTML File 156 4.5 Error Checking 159            The Stream State 161 4.6 Numerical Technique: Linear Modeling* 166 4.7 Problem Solving Applied: Ozone Measurements* 169 Summary 175   Chapter 5 MODULAR PROGRAMMING WITH FUNCTIONS 182 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery 182 5.1 Modularity 183 5.2 Programmer-Defined Functions 185 Function Definition 186            Function Prototype 194 5.3 Parameter Passing 195            Pass by Value 196            Pass by Reference 198            Storage Class and Scope 204 5.4 Problem Solving Applied: Calculating a Center of Gravity 206 5.5 Random Numbers 210            Integer Sequences 210            Floating-Point Sequences 214 5.6 Problem Solving Applied: Instrumentation Reliability 215 5.7 Numerical Technique: Roots of Polynomials* 222            Polynomial Roots 222            Incremental-Search Technique 224 5.8 Problem Solving Applied: System Stability* 226            Newton—Raphson Method* 232 5.9 Numerical Technique: Integration* 236 Integration Using the Trapezoidal Rule 236 Summary 240   Chapter 6 ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS 250 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Hurricane Tracking 250 6.1 Arrays 251            Definition and Initialization 252 Computation and Output 256            Function Arguments 260 6.2 Problem Solving Applied: Hurricane Categories 263 6.3 Statistical Measurements 269            Simple Analysis 269            Variance and Standard Deviation 271            Custom Header Files 274 6.4 Problem Solving Applied: Speech Signal Analysis 274 6.5 Sorting Algorithms 280            Selection Sort 281 6.6 Search Algorithms 282            Unordered Lists 283            Ordered Lists 283 6.7 Character Strings 285            C Style String Definition and I/O 285 String Functions 288 6.8 Problem Solving Applied: Palindromes 289 6.9 The string Class 293 Summary 295   Chapter 7 TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS AND MATRICES 300 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Terrain Navigation 300 7.1 Two-Dimensional Arrays 301            Declaration and Initialization 302            Computations and Output 306            Function Arguments 308 7.2 Problem Solving Applied: Terrain Navigation 311 7.3 Matrices* 316            Determinant 316 Transpose 317            Matrix Addition and Subtraction 318 Matrix Multiplication 318 7.4 Numerical Technique: Solution to Simultaneous Equations* 321            Graphical Interpretation 321            Gauss Ellimination 323 7.5 Problem Solving Applied: Electrical Circuit Analysis* 327 7.6 Higher Dimensional Arrays* 333 Summary 335   Chapter 8 AN INTRODUCTION TO CLASSES 342 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Simulation 342 8.1     Programmer Defined Types 343 8.2     Design and Implementation of Classes 345                         Class Declaration 345 Class Implementation 347 8.3     Class Composition 353 8.4     Constructors 357 Initialization Lists 361    8.5     The vector Class 364                         Parameter Passing 366 8.6   Problem Solving Applied: Calculating Probabilities 368 8.7   The UnitVector Class 381         Private Member Functions 382         Class Objects as Arguments to Member Functions 384 8.8   Problem Solving Applied: Simulation 385 Summary 392   Chapter 9 AN INTRODUCTION TO POINTERS 396 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Weather Patterns 396 9.1 Addresses and Pointers 397         Address Operator 398         Pointer Assignment 400         Pointer Arithmetic 403 9.2 Pointers to Array Elements 406         One-Dimensional Arrays 407         Character Strings 409         Pointers as Function Arguments 410 9.3 Problem Solving Applied: El Ni˜no[K1] -Southern Oscillation Data 415 9.4 Dynamic Memory Allocation 418         The new Operator 418         Dynamically Allocated Arrays 420         The delete Operator 420 9.5 Problem Solving Applied: Seismic Event Detection 422 9.6 Common Errors Using new and delete 428 9.7 Data Structures and the C++ Standard Template Library (STL) 430         The link Class 430         The stack Class 434         The queue Class 436 9.8 Problem Solving Applied: Concordance of a Text File* 438 Summary 444   Chapter 10 ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN PROGRAMMING WITH CLASSES 450 ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: Artificial Intelligence 450 10.1 Introduction to Generic Programming 451         Function Templates 452         Overloading Operators 456         The pixel Class 456         Arithmetic Operators 458         friend Functions 463 10.2 Problem Solving Applied: Color Image Processing 468 10.3 Recursion 475         Factorial Function 475         Fibonacci Sequence 477         Binary Trees 479 10.4 Class Templates 490 10.5 Inheritance 496         The Square Class 497         The Cube Class 502    Virtual Methods 504 10.6 Problem Solving Applied: Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma 507 Summary 516   Appendix A   C++ Standard Library 521 Appendix B   ASCII Character Codes 529 Appendix C   Using MATLAB to Plot Data from ASCII Files 533         C++ Program to Generate a Data File 533         ASCII Data File Generated by the C++ Program 534         Generating a Plot with MATLAB 534 Appendix D   References 536 Appendix E   PRACTICE! Solutions 537 Index 553  [K1]Comp: fix accent to be over “n”