Algorithms, 4th edition

Published by Addison Wesley (December 15, 2021) © 2011

  • Robert Sedgewick
  • Kevin Wayne

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ISBN-13: 9780137459575
Algorithms
Published 2021

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This fourth edition of Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s Algorithms is one of the most popular textbooks on algorithms today and is widely used in colleges and universities worldwide. The algorithms in this book – including 50 algorithms every programmer should know – 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 and for students who use computation in the liberal arts. 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 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, offered each fall and spring, 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.

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 state-of-the-art textbook, online content, and MOOC, they have built a unique resource that greatly expands the breadth and depth of the educational experience.

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

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