Grokking algorithms : an illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people / Aditya Y. Bhargava.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhargava, Aditya Y., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer algorithms.

Computer programming--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island, New York : Manning, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Grokking Algorithms is a friendly take on this core computer science topic. In it, you'll learn how to apply common algorithms to the practical programming problems you face every day. You'll start with tasks like sorting and searching. As you build up your skills, you'll tackle more complex problems like data compression and artificial intelligence. Each carefully presented example includes helpful diagrams and fully annotated code samples in Python. By the end of this book, you will have mastered widely applicable algorithms as well as how and when to use them.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

Chapter 1. Introduction to Algorithms

Chapter 2. Selection Sort

Chapter 3. Recursion

Chapter 4. Quicksort

Chapter 5. Hash Tables

Chapter 6. Breadth-first Search

Chapter 7. Dijkstra's algorithm

Chapter 8. Greedy algorithms

Chapter 9. Dynamic programming

Chapter 10. K-nearest neighbors

Chapter 11. Where to go next

Appendix. Answers to Exercises

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638353348

1638353344

9781617292231

1617292230

OCLC:

951425121

Publisher Number:

9781617292231AU