TY - BOOK AU - Sprankle,Maureen TI - Problem solving and programming concepts SN - 0131194593 (paperback) U1 - 005.1 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Computer programming KW - Problem solving KW - Data processing N1 - Includes index; CONTENTS : Ch. 1. General problem-solving concepts -- Ch. 2. Beginning problem-solving concepts for the computer -- Ch. 3. Programming concepts -- Ch. 4. An introduction to programming structure -- Ch. 5. Problem solving with sequential logic structure -- Ch. 6. Problem solving with decisions -- Ch. 7. Problem solving with loops -- Ch 8. Problem solving with the case logic structure -- Ch. 9. Processing arrays -- Ch. 10. Sorting, stacks, and queues -- Ch. 11. File concepts -- Ch. 12. Linked lists -- Ch. 13. Binary trees -- Ch. 14. Database management systems -- Ch. 15. Relational database management systems -- Ch. 16. Concepts of object-oriented programming -- Ch. 17. Object-oriented program design -- Ch. 18. Sequential-access file applications -- Ch. 19. Sequential-access file updating -- Ch. 20. Word processing and spreadsheets -- Ch. 21. Other application software -- Appendix A. Otto the robot -- Appendix B. Overview of UML (Unified Modeling Language) - - Appendix C. ASCII and EBCDIC codes for data representation -- Appendix D. Forms to use in problem solving -- Appendix E. Other problem-solving tools N2 - Intended for one-semester, freshman/sophomore-level introductory courses taken by programming majors in Problem Solving for Programmers, Problem Solving for Applications, any Computer Language Course, or Introduction to Programming, this book emphasizes that problem solving is the same in all computer languages, regardless of syntax ER -