The leading introduction to computer algorithms in use today, including fifty algorithms every programmer should know

Princeton Computer Science professors, Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne, survey the most important computer algorithms in use and of interest to anyone working in science, mathematics, and engineering, and those who use computation in the liberal arts. They provide a full treatment of data structures and algorithms for key areas that enable you to confidently implement, debug, and put them to work in any computational environment.

Fundamentals:

• Basic programming models
• Data abstraction
• Bags, queues, and stacks

• Analysis of algorithms
  Sorting

• Elementary sorts
• Mergesort
• Quicksort
• Priority queues

• Applications
  Graphs

• Undirected graphs
• Directed graphs
• Minimum spanning trees

• Shortest paths
  Strings

• String sorts
• Tries
• Substring search
• Regular expressions

• Data compression
  These algorithms are generally ingenious creations that, remarkably, can each be expressed in just a dozen or two lines of code. As a group, they represent problem-solving power of amazing scope. They have enabled the construction of computational artifacts, the solution of scientific problems, and the development of commercial applications that would not have been feasible without them.

  Autorentext

  Robert Sedgewick has been a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University since 1985, where he was the founding Chairman of the Department of Computer Science. He has held visiting research positions at Xerox PARC, Institute for Defense Analyses, and INRIA, and is member of the board of directors of Adobe Systems. Professor Sedgewick's research interests include analytic combinatorics, design and analysis of data structures and algorithms, and program visualization. His landmark book, Algorithms, now in its fourth edition, has appeared in numerous versions and languages over the past thirty years. In addition, with Kevin Wayne, he is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed textbook, Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Addison-Wesley, 2008).

  Kevin Wayne is the Phillip Y. Goldman Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Princeton University, where he has been teaching since 1998. He received a Ph.D. in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University. His research interests include the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms, especially for graphs and discrete optimization. With Robert Sedgewick, he is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed textbook, Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Addison-Wesley, 2008).

  Klappentext

  This fourth edition of Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne's Algorithms is the leading textbook on algorithms today and is widely used in colleges and universities worldwide. This book surveys the most important computer algorithms currently in use and provides a full treatment of data structures and algorithms for sorting, searching, graph processing, and string processing--including fifty algorithms every programmer should know. In this edition, new Java implementations are written in an accessible modular programming style, where all of the code is exposed to the reader and ready to use.

  The algorithms in this book represent a body of knowledge developed over the last 50 years that has become indispensable, not just for professional programmers and computer science students but for any student with interests in science, mathematics, and engineering, not to mention students who use computation in the liberal arts.

  The companion web site, algs4.cs.princeton.edu, contains

• An online synopsis
• Full Java implementations
• Test data
• Exercises and answers
• Dynamic visualizations
• Lecture slides
• Programming assignments with checklists

• Links to related material
  The MOOC related to this book is accessible via the "Online Course" link at algs4.cs.princeton.edu. The course offers more than 100 video lecture segments that are integrated with the text, extensive online assessments, and the large-scale discussion forums that have proven so valuable. Offered each fall and spring, this course regularly attracts tens of thousands of registrants.

  Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne are developing a modern approach to disseminating knowledge that fully embraces technology, enabling people all around the world to discover new ways of learning and teaching. By integrating their textbook, online content, and MOOC, all at the state of the art, they have built a unique resource that greatly expands the breadth and depth of the educational experience.

  Inhalt

  Preface viii

  Chapter 1: Fundamentals 3

  1.1 Basic Programming Model 8

  1.2 Data Abstraction 64

  1.3 Bags, Queues, and Stacks 120

  1.4 Analysis of Algorithms 172

  1.5 Case Study: Union-Find 216

  Chapter 2: Sorting 243

  2.1 Elementary Sorts 244

  2.2 Mergesort 270

  2.3 Quicksort 288

  2.4 Priority Queues 308

  2.5 Applications 336

  Chapter 3: Searching 361

  3.1 Symbol Tables 362

  3.2 Binary Search Trees 396

  3.3 Balanced Search Trees 424

  3.4 Hash Tables 458

  3.5 Applications 486

  Chapter 4: Graphs 515

  4.1 Undirected Graphs 518

  4.2 Directed Graphs 566

  4.3 Minimum Spanning Trees 604

  4.4 Shortest Paths 638

  Chapter 5: Strings 695

  5.1 String Sorts 702

  5.2 Tries 730

  5.3 Substring Search 758

  5.4 Regular Expressions 788

  5.5 Data Compression 810

  Chapter 6: Context 853

  Index 933

  List of Algorithms 954

  List of Clients 955