You're reading from Applied Computational Thinking with Python Algorithm design for complex real-world problems

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837632305

Length 438 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Programming Language

Authors (2):

Sofía De Jesús

Martinez

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: An Introduction to Computational Thinking

2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Computer Science FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Elements of Computational Thinking

4. Chapter 3: Understanding Algorithms and Algorithmic Thinking

5. Chapter 4: Understanding Logical Reasoning

6. Chapter 5: Errors

7. Chapter 6: Exploring Problem Analysis

8. Chapter 7: Designing Solutions and Solution Processes

9. Chapter 8: Identifying Challenges within Solutions

10. Part 2: Applying Python and Computational Thinking

11. Chapter 9: Introduction to Python

12. Chapter 10: Understanding Input and Output to Design a Solution Algorithm

13. Chapter 11: Control Flow

14. Chapter 12: Using Computational Thinking and Python in Simple Challenges

15. Chapter 13: Debugging

16. Part 3: Data Processing, Analysis, and Applications Using Computational Thinking and Python

17. Chapter 14: Using Python in Experimental and Data Analysis Problems

18. Chapter 15: Introduction to Machine Learning

19. Chapter 16: Using Computational Thinking and Python in Statistical Analysis

20. Chapter 17: Applied Computational Thinking Problems

21. Chapter 18: Advanced Applied Computational Thinking Problems

22. Chapter 19: Integrating Python with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

23. Index

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