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Real-World Algorithms - A Beginner's Guide (Hardcover)
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Real-World Algorithms - A Beginner's Guide (Hardcover)
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An introduction to algorithms for readers with no background in
advanced mathematics or computer science, emphasizing examples and
real-world problems. Algorithms are what we do in order not to have
to do something. Algorithms consist of instructions to carry out
tasks-usually dull, repetitive ones. Starting from simple building
blocks, computer algorithms enable machines to recognize and
produce speech, translate texts, categorize and summarize
documents, describe images, and predict the weather. A task that
would take hours can be completed in virtually no time by using a
few lines of code in a modern scripting program. This book offers
an introduction to algorithms through the real-world problems they
solve. The algorithms are presented in pseudocode and can readily
be implemented in a computer language. The book presents algorithms
simply and accessibly, without overwhelming readers or insulting
their intelligence. Readers should be comfortable with mathematical
fundamentals and have a basic understanding of how computers work;
all other necessary concepts are explained in the text. After
presenting background in pseudocode conventions, basic terminology,
and data structures, chapters cover compression, cryptography,
graphs, searching and sorting, hashing, classification, strings,
and chance. Each chapter describes real problems and then presents
algorithms to solve them. Examples illustrate the wide range of
applications, including shortest paths as a solution to paragraph
line breaks, strongest paths in elections systems, hashes for song
recognition, voting power Monte Carlo methods, and entropy for
machine learning. Real-World Algorithms can be used by students in
disciplines from economics to applied sciences. Computer science
majors can read it before using a more technical text.
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