Analog and Hybrid Computing
- 1st Edition - June 5, 2014
- Latest edition
- Author: D. E. Hyndman
- Editor: N. Hiller
- Language: English
Analog and Hybrid Computing considers the fundamental aspects and principled of analog and hybrid computers and their applications in various scientific investigations. This book… Read more
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Analog and Hybrid Computing considers the fundamental aspects and principled of analog and hybrid computers and their applications in various scientific investigations. This book is composed of eight chapters, and begins with a brief presentation of the history of computing devices using a generalized flow diagram of computation, illustrating the fundamental differences between analog and digital computers. The subsequent chapters deal with the theory and the operation of the basic units found in electronic analog computers, the methods of scaling problems for the computer, and the organization and operation of computer. These topics are followed by discussions on the solutions of time-varying and non-linear differential equations and the simulation of transfer functions, which is an important aspect of analog computation. The concluding chapter describes some of the additional hardware in modern computers. These chapters particularly highlight the features and advantages of hybrid computing. This book is of value to computer engineers, scientists, and researchers, as well as advanced computer engineering students.
Preface
1. Introduction
1.1. Types of Problem to be Solved on Computers
1.2. Computing Systems
1.3. Digital Computers
1.4. Examples of System Mathematical Models
2. Theory and Operation of the Basic Units of an Electronic Analog Computer
2.1. The Operational Amplifier
2.2. Linear Computing Units
2.3. Nonlinear Computing Units
3. Problem Preparation
3.1. Flow Diagrams
3.2. Time and Amplitude Scaling
3.3. Methods of Amplitude Scaling
3.4. Methods of Time Scaling
3.5. Estimation of Maximum Values and Frequencies
3.6. Examples of the Application of Scaling Techniques
3.7. Scaling of Higher Order Equations
4. Organization of the Computer and Checking Problem Set-ups
4.1. Interconnection of Units
4.2. Setting Potentiometers
4.3. Control of the Problem
4.4. Checking the Problem Set-up
4.5. Output Equipment
5. Solution of Variable Coefficient and Nonlinear Differential Equations
5.1. Generation ofFunctions of Time y=f(t)
5.2. Solution of Variable Coefficient Differential
5.3. Solution of Nonlinear Diferential Equations
5.4. Special Nonlinear Units and Circuits Equations
6. Simulation of Linear Transfer Functions
6.1. Simulation of Linear Transfer Functions using Integrators, Summers and Potentiometers
6.2. The Use of Complex CR Networks Associated with Operational Amplifiers to Simulate Transfer Functions
7. Iterative Operation of the Analog Computer
7.1. Additional Hardware Required
7.2. Organization of an Iterative Analog Computer
7.3. Application of Track-store Units
7.4. Memory Pair Operation
7.5. Track-store Units used for Function Generation
7.6. Use of Track-store Units to Solve a Simple Two-point Boundary Value Problem
7.7. Simulation of the Trajectory of a Bouncing Ball
7.8. Parameter Optimization
7.9. Use of Comparators and Digital-to-analog Switches for Function Generation
8. Hybrid Computing
8.1. Comparison of Analog and Digital Computers
8.2. Hybrid Computing Systems
8.3. Present Generation Hybrid Computers
8.4. Analog-to-digital and Digital-to-analog Converters
8.5. Applications of Hybrid Computers
Appendix 1. Derivation of a Generalized Form for Second Order Differential Equations
Appendix 2. Standard Symbols for use in Analog and Hybrid Computer Flow Diagrams
Bibliography
Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 5, 2014
- Language: English