Computer Science

References for the Courses

Primary Texts

  Regular Session:

     First Semester: Visual Basic 6.0, How to Program, Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall

     Second Semester: VB Game Programming with DirectX, Jonathan Harbour, Premier Press

  Summer Session:

     Visual Basic 6.0 from the Ground Up, Gary Cornell, McGraw Hill Company

Supplementary Texts

  Visual Basic 6 Graphics, Rod Stephens, Wiley

  Mastering Visual Basic 6, Evan Petroutsos, Sybex

  Visual Basic Algorithms, Rod Stephens, Wiley

  Visual Basic 6.0, Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall

  Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Michael Halvorson, Microsoft.Net

  Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer's Guide, Microsoft Press

  Learn Visual Basic 6.0 Now, Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Press

  Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0: An Object-Oriented Approach, Michael

     Ekedahl, Course Technology

  Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0: Introduction to Programming, Michael Sprague, Southwestern

Primary Text

  AP Java Course, Numerous Authors, Institute of Computer Technology

Supplementary Texts

  Java, How to Program, Deitel and Deitel, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall

  Java 2, Herbert Schildt, McGraw Hill Company

  The Java Programming Language, Third Edition, James Gosling, Sun Microsystems

  Java Programming, Joyce Farrell, Course Technology

  Java: First Contact, Roger Garside, Course Technology

  Beginning Java, Ivor Horton, Wrox

  Object-Oriented Programming and Java, Derek Kiong, Springer
  Object-Oriented Pogramming Development Using Java, Xiaoping Jia, Addison-Wesley

  Fundamentals of Java, Second Edition, Lambert and Osborne, South-Western

  Java with Swing, Third Edition, Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall

Primary Text

  Creative Projects with Lego Mindstorms, Benjamin Erwin, Addison-Wesley

Supplementary Texts

  Programming Lego Mindstorms with Java, Mario Ferrari, Syngress

  Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms, Mario Ferrari, Syngress

  Lego Mindstorms Masterpieces, Mario Ferrari, Syngress

  Mobile Robots-Inspiration to Implementation, Second Edition; Joseph Jones, Anita Flynn, and 

     Bruce Seiger; A.K. Peters, Ltd.,

  Robot Builder's Bonanza, Second Edition, Gordon McComb, McGraw Hill.

  Robot-Mere Machines to Transcendent Mind, Hans Morovec, Oxford University Press.

  Karel++-A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Object-Oriented Programming; Joseph Bergen, Mark Stehlik, Jim

     Roberts, and Richard Pattis, John Wiley and Sons, Inc

  Motorola MC68HC11 Microcontroller Design Specifications, Motorola Corporation.

  Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Gregory Dudek and Michael Jenkin, Cambridge

     University Press.

  Rug Warrior Pro Robot, AK Peters, Ltd.

  LEGO Manual, LEGO, Inc.

Architecture

Primary Text

  Introduction to Assembly Language Programming: From 8086 to Pentium Processors,

     Sivarama Dandamudi, Springer

Supplementary Texts

  Assembly Language Programming Course Notes, Randall Hyde, University of California at

      Riverside

  Structured Programming in Assembly Language, Second Edition, William Runnion, PWS

      Publishing Company

  An Invitation to Computer Science, Java Version, Judith Gersting, Brooks Cole

  Assembly Language Step-by-Step, Second Edition, Jeff Duntemann, Wiley

  The 8086 Family, Second Edition, John Uffenbeck, Prentice Hall

Operating Systems

Primary Text

  Unix System V Release 4, An Introduction, Second Edition, Kenneth H. Rosen, Osborne.

Supplementary Texts

  Operating System Concepts, 6th Edition, Abraham Silberschatz, John Wiley and Sons

  A Practical Guide to Linux, Mark Sobell, John Wiley and Sons

  Operating Systems, J. Archer Harris, McGraw-Hill

  Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Thomas Sterling, MIT Press

Parallel Programming

Primary Text

  Parallel Programming, Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen, Prentice Hall

Supplementary Texts

  Message Processing Interface (MPI-2) C++ Interface, LANL

  Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Thomas Sterling, MIT Press

Primary Texts

  Numerical Recipes in C++, Second Edition, Press et al., Cambridge University Press

  Object-Oriented Implementation of Numerical Methods, Didier Besset, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

Supplementary Texts

  Numerical Methods, Second Edition, Faires-Burden, Thompson Publishing

  Mathematica Modeling, Second Edition, Giordano, Weir, and Fox, Thompson Publishing

  Numerical Analysis, Second Edition, David Kincaid, Thompson Publishing

  Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Fourth Edition, Ward Cheney, Thompson Publishing

  Matrix Computations, Gene Golum and Charles Van Loan, Johns Hopkins University Press

  A Primer of Linear Algebra, Gerald Bradley, Prentice-Hall

  An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, Melanie Mitchell, MIT Press

  Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning

Primary Text

  Finite Elements, Carlos Felippa, University of Colorado, unpublished

Supplementary Texts

  Building Better Products with Finite Element Analysis, VInce dams and Abraham Askenazi, Onword

     Press

  The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis, Thomas Hughes, Dover

Primary Text

  Visual Prolog User's Guide, provided by instructor with permission of publishers.

Supplementary Texts

  Computational Intelligence: Theory and Implementation, Russell Eberhart, Morgan  Kauffmann Publishers 

  Swarm Intelligence, James Kennedy, Morgan Kauffmann Publishers

  Exploring Artificial Intelligence in the New Millennium, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Morgan

     Kauffmann Publishers

  Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence, Third Edition, Ivan Bratko, Addison Wesley.

  Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving, George Luger,

     Addison Wesley.

  Neural Network Architectures, Judith Dayhoff, Van Nostrand Reinhold

Primary Text

  C++ with UML, Third Edition, Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall

Supplementary Texts

  Introduction to Computer Science with C++, Kenneth A Lambert, Brooks Cole

  C++ From the Ground Up, Herbert Schildt, Osborne Publishing

  The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition, Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley

  Introduction to C++, Carey Matsuoka, Institute for Computer Technology

  Computing Concepts with C++ Essentials, Cay Horstman, John Wiley and Sons

  C++ for You++, Maria Litvin, Skylight

Primary Texts

  Java Graphics Programming Library-Advances in Computer Science and Game Development,

     Oswald Campesato, Charles River Media

  Data Structures for Game Programmers, Ron Penton, Premier Press

  Java Foundation Classes, Second Edition, Kim Topley, Prentice Hall

  Focus on 3D Terrain Programming, Trent Polack, Premier Press

  Focus on SDL, Ernest Pazera, Premier Press

  DirectX User Manual (Articles), Microsoft Press

Supplementary Texts

  Java 2D Graphics, Jonathan Knudsen, O'Reilly

  3D User Interfaces with Java 3D, Jon Barrileaux, Manning

  Advanced Java 2 Platform, How to Program, Deitel and Deitel, Santry, Prentice Hall

  The Java Programming Language, Third Edition, James Gosling, Addison-Wesley

  Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell, David Flanagan, O'Reilly

  Java: How to Program, Fourth Edition, Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall

  Using Java 2, Special Edition, Chuck Cavaness, Que Publishing

Primary Text

  Introduction to Assembly Language, Sivarama Dandamudi, Springer

Supplementary Texts

  The 80x86 Family: Design, Programming and Interfacing, Second Edition, John Uffenbeck, Prentice Hall

  Assembly Language Step-by-Step, Second Edition, Jeff Duntemann, Wiley

  Structured Programming in Assembly Language for the IBM PC and PS/2

Primary Text

Supplementary Texts

  Behavior-Based Robotics: Intelligent and Autonomous Agents, R. Arkin

  Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Gregory Dudek

  Artificial Intelligence:Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving, Luger

  Sensors for Mobile Robots: Theory and Application, H. Everett

  Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, J. Jones

  Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robots: Studies of Successful Systems, Kortenkamp

  Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, Rodney Books, Pantheon Books

  Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnoloty, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence will

    Transform Our World, Douglas Mulahall, Trometheus Books