Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author -- Section I: Foundations -- Chapter 1: Fundamental Computing Concepts -- 1.1 Computer Operating Systems -- 1.2 Brief History of Operating Systems -- 1.3 Types of Operating Systems -- 1.4 Major Operating System Responsibilities -- 1.4.1 User Interface -- 1.4.2 Device Management -- 1.4.3 Time Management -- 1.4.4 Memory Management -- 1.4.5 File Management -- 1.5 Computer Resources and File Systems -- 1.5.1 Computer Resources -- 1.5.2 File Systems -- 1.5.2.1 File Attributes or Properties -- 1.5.2.2 File Operations -- 1.5.2.3 File Types and Naming -- 1.5.2.4 Directory Structure -- Class Exercises -- References -- Chapter 2: Programming Languages and Software Engineering -- 2.1 Programming Languages -- 2.2 Object-Oriented Programming -- 2.2.1 C and C++ -- 2.2.2 Visual Basic .NET -- 2.3 Software Engineering -- 2.4 Example of Forest Harvesting Simulator Design -- 2.4.1 System Design -- 2.4.2 Functional Requirements -- 2.4.2.1 Specification Document -- Class Exercises -- References -- Section II: Data Manipulation and Analysis -- Chapter 3: Elementary Data Manipulation Using Excel -- 3.1 Excel Formulas -- 3.1.1 Operators in Formulas -- 3.1.2 Entering Formulas -- 3.1.3 Referencing Cells Outside the Worksheet -- 3.1.4 Relative versus Absolute References -- 3.1.4.1 Relative Reference -- 3.1.4.2 Absolute Reference -- 3.2 Excel Functions -- 3.2.1 Function Arguments -- 3.2.2 Entering Functions -- 3.3 Major Excel Functions -- 3.3.1 Mathematical and Trigonometric Functions -- 3.3.1.1 INT -- 3.3.1.2 RAND -- 3.3.1.3 ROUND -- 3.3.1.4 SIN or COS -- 3.3.1.5 SQRT -- 3.3.1.6 SUM -- 3.3.1.7 SUMIF -- 3.3.2 Statistical Functions -- 3.3.2.1 AVERAGE, MEDIAN, and MODE -- 3.3.2.2 COUNT -- 3.3.2.3 COUNTIF -- 3.3.2.4 MAX and MIN -- 3.3.2.5 STDEV