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Massachusetts Inst of Tec
03 November 2020

Algorithms & data structures

In the tradition of Real World Algorithms- A Beginner's Guide, Panos Louridas is back to introduce algorithms in an accessible manner, utilizing various examples to explain not just what algorithms are but how they work.

An accessible introduction to algorithms, explaining not just what they are but how they work, with examples from a wide range of application areas.

Digital technology runs on algorithms, sets of instructions that describe how to do something efficiently. Application areas range from search engines to tournament scheduling, DNA sequencing, and machine learning. Arguing that every educated person today needs to have some understanding of algorithms and what they do, in this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Panos Louridas offers an introduction to algorithms that is accessible to the nonspecialist reader. Louridas explains not just what algorithms are but also how they work, offering a wide range of examples and keeping mathematics to a minimum.

After discussing what an algorithm does and how its effectiveness can be measured, Louridas covers three of the most fundamental applications areas- graphs, which describe networks, from eighteenth-century problems to today's social networks; searching, and how to find the fastest way to search; and sorting, and the importance of choosing the best algorithm for particular tasks. He then presents larger-scale applications- PageRank, Google's founding algorithm; and neural networks and deep learning. Finally, Louridas describes how all algorithms are nothing more than simple moves with pen and paper, and how from such a humble foundation rise all their spectacular achievements.

By: Panos Louridas
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780262539029
ISBN 10: 0262539020
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 03 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Series Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxiii 1 What Is an Algorithm? 1 2 Graphs 43 3 Searching 79 4 Sorting 105 5 PageRank 143 6 Deep Learning 181 Epilogue 231 Glossary 245 Notes 263 References 269 Further Reading 275 Index 277

Panos Louridas is Associate Professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is the author of Real World Algorithms- A Beginner's Guide (MIT Press).

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