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The Algorithm Design Manual

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I especially liked The Algorithm Design Manual because of the author's writing style, the "war stories" (that are some clever and practical applications of the data structures and algorithms the author tries to teach you) and the second half part of the book which is a sort of encyclopedia of problems. Every programmer should read this book, and anyone working in the field should keep it close to hand.

Coverage is divided into two parts, the first being a general guide to techniques for the design and analysis of computer algorithms. My absolute favorite for this kind of interview preparation is Steven Skiena’s The Algorithm Design Manual. Unlike other algorithm books that I have the algorithms are written independent of any programming language. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

In reality, even though it starts from the basics of math and programming, the topics covered are broad enough and discussed in much depth to make it appealing even to the senior programmer. I used the "introductory" adjective earlier as this is supposed to be an introductory book on the topic.

This book is a practical, example-driven book on computer science algorithms, which is very readable and has a wealth of ready-to-use examples.The second half of the book is collection of short essays on various kinds of problems and sketches of techniques to handle them. But regardless, the reason for the 3 stars is that this book tries to straddle the middle of being a practical interview prep book and being a proof heavy, theoretical Algo book. The extensive collections of problems at the end of each tutorial chapter provide excellent practice; in particular, the lists of "interview problems" for drilling are very valuable preparation.

The Algorithm Design Manual by Steven Skiena is aimed at two groups of people: students and professionals. Expanding on the highly successful formula of the first edition, this book now serves as the primary textbook of choice for any algorithm design course while maintaining its status as the premier practical reference guide to algorithms.I would give this book 4 1/2 stars; it has a fair share of typos, and sometimes problems are duplicated in different sections; this probably reflects how the book was updated. the book is an algorithm-implementation treasure trove, and putting all of these implementations in one place was no small feat. A lot of people might enjoy this, but I feel that having the mathematical understanding of algorithms and the proofs to back it up will greatly increase your understanding of the material. I've found that a lot of computer programming is easy if you just know the name of thing you need to Google. Professor Skiena is also author of the popular Springer text, Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual .

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