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Thoroughly updated, the new Third Edition of Discrete Structures, Logic, and Computability introduces beginning computer science and computer engineering students to the fundamental techniques and ideas used by computer scientists today, focusing on topics from the fields of mathematics, logic, and computer science itself. Dr. Hein provides elementary introductions to those ideas and techniques that are necessary to understand and practice the art and science of computing. The text contains all the topics for discrete structures in the reports of the IEEE/ACM Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula for computer science programs and for computer engineering programs.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book can be very confusing and hard to follow at times, even when dealing with topics I thought I understood. The main problem with it is that it is clearly designed to be read beginning to end, but the order the work is covered in does not match that of the course I am using it on. It does contain much material that is useful, though, but I probably wouldn't recommend it as an introductory textbook.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Discrete math for real software engineers
5 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
Software designs must address trade-offs among factors such as performance, usability, completeness, timeliness, correctness and so on. Judging from the number of bugs people encounter, software engineers seem to be trading away too much of the correctness factor for something else.
Hein's text addresses this issue by placing much greater emphasis on ideas from logic and methods of proof than most other books on discrete mathematics, such as the popular text by Rosen. In addition, Hein includes material relating important software concepts to abstract algebra, and he does this without slighting other common topics of discrete mathematics, such as sets, relations, functions, counting, automata, and computability. Software engineers who have learned from Hein's text will have practical tools that they can use to deal with the software correctness factor more effectively.
Besides all of these good qualities, the text is well organized, clearly written, and punctuated with deligtfully subtle humor. I plan to use it.
15 of 21 people found the following review helpful
A Good Text
2 Jan 2002
Format:Hardcover
I've taught from this text for 8 years. The excellent students have no problem with it. The average students complain that it is hard to understand. I don't think any text covering these topics could be easier to understand, actually.
There are plenty of examples in the text. However, the exercises tend to be significantly more complex than the examples. The answers to many exercises are in the back of the book, which is a great help to students.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Functional, but overly formal.
9 May 2011
Format:Hardcover
I'm required to use this book as I go to Portland State University where Hein taught for a while. The examples are helpful, but often I find the formal definitions hard to follow. I'm not the only one who has mentioned this about the book in my classes...we use it for 3 quarters.
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