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Postgraduate Course: Object-Oriented Programming with Applications (MATH11152)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will equip the student with skills to design and implement numerical solutions to problems in financial and applied mathematics in an object-oriented language like C++ or C# in an efficient, extendable and robust manner.
Course description Object-Oriented Programming:
- compilation, Hello World, variables & simple data types,
- flow-control, functions,
- classes / objects,
- basic algorithms and data structures
Applications:
- Root finding and numerical integration,
- Recombining trees / lattices,
- Monte Carlo,
- Finite Difference or Element methods
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 6, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 16, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 100%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
It is intended that students will demonstrate
1) appropriate use of flow-control, functions and data-types in the context of a specific object-oriented programming language (e.g. C++ or C#),
2) understanding of basic concepts of object oriented programming: classes / objects, inheritance, interfaces,
3) ability to implement some numerical methods (root finding, numerical integration, finite-difference, Monte-Carlo) in a high level programming language,
4) use of good programming style and writing of code that is reliable, extendible and reusable,
by constructing relevant algorithms in reports and/or exams.
Reading List
- Flowers B. An Introduction To Numerical Methods In C++. Oxford University Press. 2000.
- Capinski M, Zastawniak T. Numerical Methods In Finance With C++. Cambridge University Press. 2012
- Joshi M. S. C++ Design Patterns And Derivatives Pricing. Cambridge University Press. 2008.
- Lippman S, Lajoie J, Moo B. C++ Primer. Addison-Wesley 2013.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsOPA
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Siska
Tel: (0131 6)51 9091
Email: D.Siska@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Noureen Ehsan
Tel: (0131 6)50 4885
Email: Noureen.Ehsan@ed.ac.uk
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