40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know

Algorithmshavealwaysplayedanimportantroleinboththescienceandpracticeofcomputing.Beyondtraditionalcomputing,theabilitytousealgorithmstosolvereal-worldproblemsisanimportantskillthatanydeveloperorprogrammermusthave.Thisbookwillhelpyounotonlytodeveloptheskillstoselectanduseanalgorithmtosolvereal-worldproblemsbutalsotounderstandhowitworks.You’llstartwithanintroductiontoalgorithmsanddiscovervariousalgorithmdesigntechniques,beforeexploringhowtoimplementdifferenttypesofalgorithms,suchassearchingandsorting,withthehelpofpracticalexamples.Asyouadvancetoamorecomplexsetofalgorithms,you'lllearnaboutlinearprogramming,pageranking,andgraphs,andevenworkwithmachinelearningalgorithms,understandingthemathandlogicbehindthem.Furtheron,casestudiessuchasweatherprediction,tweetclustering,andmovierecommendationengineswillshowyouhowtoapplythesealgorithmsoptimally.Finally,you’llbecomewellversedintechniquesthatenableparallelprocessing,givingyoutheabilitytousethesealgorithmsforcompute-intensivetasks.Bytheendofthisbook,you'llhavebecomeadeptatsolvingreal-worldcomputationalproblemsbyusingawiderangeofalgorithms.