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The algorithm design manual / Steven S. Skiena.

By: Skiena, Steven S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Springer ; TELOS, c1998Description: xvi, 486 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0387948600.Subject(s): Computer algorithmsDDC classification: 005.1
Contents:
I: Techniques -- Introduction to Algorithms -- Data Structures and Sorting -- Breaking Problems Down -- Graph Algorithms -- Combinatorial Search and Heuristic Methods -- Intractable Problems and Approximations -- How to design Algorithms -- II: Resources -- A catalog of algorithmic problems -- Algorithmic Resources.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 005.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00075288
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Developed and course tested at the University of New York, this student reference guide should also be of use to professionals. The author includes a section on cataloguing important algorithmic problems, from which readers can identify the problem thay have encountered and so determine its name, what is known about it, and how they should proceed to solve it.

Bibliography: (pages 439-462) and index.

I: Techniques -- Introduction to Algorithms -- Data Structures and Sorting -- Breaking Problems Down -- Graph Algorithms -- Combinatorial Search and Heuristic Methods -- Intractable Problems and Approximations -- How to design Algorithms -- II: Resources -- A catalog of algorithmic problems -- Algorithmic Resources.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Techniques
  • 1 Introduction to Algorithms
  • 2 Data Structures and Sorting
  • 3 Breaking Problems Down
  • 4 Graph Algorithms
  • 5 Combinatorial Search and Heuristic Methods
  • 6 Intractable Problems and Approximations
  • 7 How to Design Algorithms
  • Part II Resources
  • 8 A Catalog of Algorithmic Problems
  • 9 Algorithmic Resources

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Algorithm design is the heart of computer science, and any book that aids or improves the design process is to be applauded. The first third of Skiena's book is an intuitive introduction to algorithms and the balance is a catalog of problems and algorithms. This is only half the package; the other half, a CD-ROM, contains the full book text, source code for all the algorithms in several programming languages, and 30 hours of audio lectures. With all these features, this should be the best algorithms book in the world. However, it is not. The introduction is too intuitive; the important issues of correctness and analysis are not really handled. This section is also larded with the author's "war stories," more irritating than illuminating. (Perhaps this is always the reaction to other people's war stories.) The catalog is no easier to use and has less information than Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, and Ronald L. Rivest (1990). Finally, having code on the CD-ROM is helpful, but there is no difficulty in using search engines to find code on the Internet. In summary, this book has some good points, but overall, it is disappointing. All levels. P. Cull; Oregon State University

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