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Algorithms: A Creative Approach [Paperback]

Udi Manber (Author)
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This book emphasizes the creative aspects of algorithm design by examining steps used in the process of algorithms development. The heart of this creative process lies in an analogy between proving mathematical theorems by induction and designing combinatorial algorithms. The book contains hundreds of problems and examples. It is designed to enhance the reader's problem-solving abilities and understanding of the principles behind algorithm design.

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This book emphasizes the creative aspects of algorithm design by examining steps used in the process of algorithm development. The heart of the creative process lies in an analogy between proving mathematical theorems by induction and designing combinatorial algorithms. The book contains hundreds of problems and examples. It is designed to enhance the reader's problem-solving abilities and understanding of the principles behind algorithm design.



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3.0 out of 5 stars Not good for beginners, July 7 2004
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This review is from: Algorithms: A Creative Approach (Paperback)
The book is complete and correct, no argument there. However, I had a lot of trouble learning from it. I had to re-read the same paragraph a number of times in order to derive comprehensive meaning from the author's scant explanations. The author usually walks through a sample problem, but then provides little or no guidance for solving an arbitrary problem of the same type. Likewise, although the book centers on induction, it was extremely difficult to follow with no prior induction education.

The author often presents the answer to some given problem with words like "obviously" or "clearly" without making things at all clear or obvious to the student. I kept wishing that the author wouldn't be so tight-lipped and would spend some extra time clarifying the issues at hand.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic, Oct 25 2003
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This review is from: Algorithms: A Creative Approach (Paperback)
It's a very perfect book to become familiar with main
methods of producing effective algorithms.
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4.0 out of 5 stars a good book, July 2 2003
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Vinhthuy Phan (Centereach, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Algorithms: A Creative Approach (Paperback)
Most books I have read on the subject seem to be simply a collection of algorithmic tricks and techniques. There's no single universal idea, except for this book by Udi Manber. The cover picture says it all. In my opinion, the most fundamental and universal concept in algorithmic design is the idea of induction, recursion, and building bigger desired solutions from smaller already-constructed ones. The experts establish this as their intuition and perhaps take it for granted. But as a beginning algorist, when you have to ask yourself how do I solve/optimize/approximate this problem, I think you'll find this idea so important. This book attempts to make this concept your algorithmic intuition, and that's I think is a good thing.

That said, it should be read along with other books in algorithms design and analysis.

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