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5.0 out of 5 stars THE book to introduce algorithms, Feb 23 2004

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S. Saha (Manhattan, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition (Hardcover)

You shouldn't have to read this review... this book is unmatched in it's field - it's a great book for someone with no background in algorithms to start learning. The exercises are very interesting with some being more mathematical while others are thought provoking extensions to material covered in the book. It's easily the bible in this field. After this one can go on to more advanced specialized material like Papadimitriou, Motwani and Raghavan etc. If you don't have this book and you work with ANY kind of algorithms or do any kind of programming, you owe it to yourself to get it.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good general book, July 30 2003

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This review is from: Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition (Hardcover)

Pros:

- Good general book for basic algorithm stuff.
- Tons of basic algorithms.
- Thorough in proofs.
- Very easy to follow once in case you have enough Math background (by either being a grad student or else if undergrad, read the first few chapters as well as Appendices well in advance to the course (Spend time solving the exercises and get familiar with the notation etc. before taking the course)

Cons:-

- I don't consider it a good idea to write algorithms with index starting from 1 instead of 0? Most popular languages used in the industry, have arrays starting from zero.

- Most professors that I have discussed it with agree that this is not the best book for the subject but probably the only one with this much material in it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Average Book, Oct 12 2009

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This review is from: Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition (Hardcover)

A decent book in regards to theory and explanations...
though, lack of solutions for certain problems which would be beneficial for learning the concepts.

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3.0 out of 5 stars good book, shipped fast.
a great reference book covers a wide range of algorithms in data management. the explanation is thorough and accessible, and the proofs are solid as well. Read more

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I found this book to be very good in explaining the algorithms. The language is too complicated and long-winded. Read more

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