Based on a new classification of algorithm design techniques and a clear delineation of analysis methods, Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms presents the subject in a coherent and innovative manner. Written in a student-friendly style, the book emphasizes the understanding of ideas over excessively formal treatment while thoroughly covering the materia Based on a new classification of algorithm design techniques and a clear delineation of analysis methods, Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms presents the subject in a coherent and innovative manner.
Written in a student-friendly style, the book emphasizes the understanding of ideas over excessively formal treatment while thoroughly covering the material required in an introductory algorithms course. Popular puzzles are used to motivate students' interest and strengthen their skills in algorithmic problem solving. Other learning-enhancement features include chapter summaries, hints to the exercises, and a detailed solution manual. This is an excellent algorithms textbook. Levitin presents a large number of classic algorithms effectively without presenting source code. The failure to present source is one of the strongest points in the text, forcing the reader to develop their own implementation rather than simply using the author's code.
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Another great feature of the book is organizing the algorithms by solution strategy rather than problem domain. Many texts will present several strategies for solving a class of problems. This is an excellent algorithms textbook. Levitin presents a large number of classic algorithms effectively without presenting source code. The failure to present source is one of the strongest points in the text, forcing the reader to develop their own implementation rather than simply using the author's code. Another great feature of the book is organizing the algorithms by solution strategy rather than problem domain. Many texts will present several strategies for solving a class of problems.
By presenting a single strategy for solving several classes of problems Levitin focusses problem solving, aiding the reader in developing intuitions for solving novel problems using known strategies. Pretty good introduction to algorithms. The writing style wasn't overly dry or boring. The explanations usually made sense, but occasionally felt lack in details. Some of the problem questions were quite difficult and sometimes seemed unrelated to the on page instruction material. The solutions manual helped me understand most of the difficult problems, but some were still ambiguous.
This is a good textbook for use with a class, but perhaps not so great for self-learning unless you can find a co Pretty good introduction to algorithms. The writing style wasn't overly dry or boring. The explanations usually made sense, but occasionally felt lack in details. Some of the problem questions were quite difficult and sometimes seemed unrelated to the on page instruction material. The solutions manual helped me understand most of the difficult problems, but some were still ambiguous.
This is a good textbook for use with a class, but perhaps not so great for self-learning unless you can find a community to further explain concepts and problems. This book is amazing. Some of the key concepts in the design and anlysis of algorithms are explained a lot better than in most of the other resources that I have already read. It is an invaluable source for everyone who wants to have a little bit deeper perspective on the creation of better algorithms. This doesn't apply only to programming and software, but also to almost all spheres where those ideas can be applied.
That would mean most of the directly or indirectly related with mathematical mod This book is amazing. Some of the key concepts in the design and anlysis of algorithms are explained a lot better than in most of the other resources that I have already read. It is an invaluable source for everyone who wants to have a little bit deeper perspective on the creation of better algorithms. This doesn't apply only to programming and software, but also to almost all spheres where those ideas can be applied.
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Description Based on a new classification of algorithm design techniques and a clear delineation of analysis methods, Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms presents the subject in a coherent and innovative manner. Written in a student-friendly style, the book emphasizes the understanding of ideas over excessively formal treatment while thoroughly covering the material required in an introductory algorithms course. Popular puzzles are used to motivate students' interest and strengthen their skills in algorithmic problem solving. Other learning-enhancement features include chapter summaries, hints to the exercises, and a detailed solution manual.
Employs an innovative and more comprehensive taxonomy of algorithm design techniques. Covers mathematical analysis of both nonrecursive and recursive algorithms, as well as empirical analysis and algorithm visualization. Discusses limitations of algorithms and ways to overcome them. Treats algorithms as problem-solving tools and develops algorithmic thinking by using puzzles and games. Contains over 600 exercises with hints for students and detailed solutions for instructors. Exercises and engaging puzzles. The most important change in this edition is the new order of the chapters on decrease-and-conquer and divide-and-conquer.
There are several advantages in introducing decrease-and-conquer before divide-and-conquer:. Decrease-and-conquer is a simpler strategy than divide-and-conquer.
Decrease-and-conquer is applicable to more problems than divide-and-conquer. The new order makes it possible to discuss insertion sort before mergesort and quicksort. The idea of array partitioning is now introduced in conjunction with the selection problem. The author took advantage of an opportunity to do this via the one-directional scan employed by Lomuto’s algorithm, leaving the two-directional scan used by Hoare’s partitioning to a later discussion in conjunction with quicksort. Binary search is now considered in the section devoted to decrease-by-aconstant-factor algorithms, where it belongs. The second important change is restructuring of Chapter 8 on dynamic programming.
Specifically:. The introductory section is completely new.
It contains three basic examples that provide a much better introduction to this important technique than computing a binomial coefficient, the example used in the first two editions. All the exercises for Section 8.1 are new as well; they include well-known applications not available in the previous editions. The author also changed the order of the other sections in this chapter to get a smoother progression from the simpler applications to the more advanced ones. More applications of the algorithms discussed are included.
The section on the graph-traversal algorithms is moved from the decrease-and-conquer chapter to the brute-force and exhaustive-search chapter. The Gray code algorithm is added to the section dealing with algorithms for generating combinatorial objects. The divide-and-conquer algorithm for the closest-pair problem is discussed in more detail.
Updates include the section on algorithm visualization, approximation algorithms for the traveling salesman problem, and the bibliography. The author added about 70 new problems to the exercises. Some of them are algorithmic puzzles and questions asked during job interviews.
Table of Contents New to the Third Edition xvii Preface xix 1Introduction 1 1.1 What Is an Algorithm? About the Author(s) Dr.
Anany Levitin graduated from the Moscow State University with an MS degree in Mathematics. He holds a Ph.D. Degree in Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MS degree in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky. Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms has been translated into Chinese, Russian, Greek, and Korean and is used in hundreds of schools all over the world.
Levitin is also the author of Algorithmic Puzzles, publishing in Fall 2011. Levitin teaches courses in the Design and Analysis of Algorithms at Villanova University.