part I Programming -- chapter 1 Setting up -- chapter 2 R as a calculating environment -- chapter Basic programming -- chapter I 4I/O: Input and Output -- chapter 5 Programming with functions -- chapter 6 Sophisticated data structures -- chapter Better graphics -- chapter 8 Pointers to further programming techniques -- part II Numerical techniques -- chapter 9 Numerical accuracy and program efficiency -- chapter Root-finding -- chapter 11 Numerical integration -- chapter 12 Optimisation -- part III Probability and statistics -- chapter 13 Probability -- chapter Random variables -- chapter 15 Discrete random variables -- chapter 16 Continuous random variables -- chapter 17 Parameter Estimation -- chapter 18 Simulation -- chapter 19 Monte-Carlo integration -- chapter 20 Variance reduction -- chapter 21 Case studies -- chapter 22 Student projects -- chapter Glossary of R commands -- chapter Programs and functions developed in the text.