Numerical Methods in Civil and Environmental Engineering

3 credits · Undergraduate

Introduction to concepts, algorithms, and methods of numerical analysis, including: (i) linear algebra and matrix computations concepts; (ii) solving linear and nonlinear systems of equations; (iii) matrix decompositions; (iv) Newton’s method and its variants; (v) stability and convergence of numerical methods; (vi) numerical interpolation and integration; (vii) finite-difference methods for solving differential equations; (viii) optimization problems and linear programming. Applications to basic problems in civil and environmental engineering. Prerequisite: CS 1100 or 1101 or 1103 or DS 1100. Corequisite: MATH 2420. SPRING [3].