The Design and Construction
of Radiative Transfer

29 January, 1998

Infrared Processing Analysis Center, Pasadena, CA

by Michael Brundage

The slides:

1. Outline
2. Factoids
3. RT process and adaptive grid
4. Typical (informal) diagram
5. More detailed UML diagram
6. Initial source hierarchy
7. Final source hierarchy
8. Traverse() sequence diagram
9. Good Development Tools and Resources are Essential
10. Useful Programming Techniques
11. 80-20 Rules
12. Scientific Computing is Hard

Indispensible references:

• The C++ Programming Language, 3rd. edition. Bjarne Stroustrop, Addison-Wesley: 1997.
  ISBN#0-201-88954-4
  
• More Effective C++. Scott Meyers, Addison-Wesley: 1996.
  ISBN#0-201-63371-X

Other useful references:

• Scientific and Engineering C++: An Introduction with Advanced Techniques and Examples. John Barton and Lee Nackman, Addison-Wesley: 1994.
  ISBN#0-201-53393-6
  
• Design Patterns. Gamma, et. al, Addison-Wesley: 1995.
  ISBN#0-201-63361-2