Understanding Algorithms and Flowcharts: Step by step explanations of simple and complex algorithms with implementation in C (Fundamentals of Modern Information Technology) - Softcover

Manelli, Luciano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517154359 ISBN 13: 9781517154356

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

This is an expanded and updated version of Chapter III (Algorithms & Programming Languages) from the technical book “Fundamentals of Modern Information Technology” (“Fondamenti di Informatica Moderna” - Italian Edition – Publisher ARACNE). This book has been written primarily for students, but also for the professional, and it can serve as a starting point for anyone who is beginning the study of computer science and information systems for the first time. In the following text, algorithms and flowcharts are analyzed accurately, with clear examples, and with the implementation in C code, both elementary and complex algorithms are studied. Data types (simple and structured) are initially introduced, and algorithms and flowcharts are defined and illustrated with graphical and textual explanations. In the next sections, simple and complex standard algorithms with their flowcharts are studied: everything is integrated with explanations and tables to have a step by step evolution of the algorithms. The book is full of screenshots, and illustrations showing the meaning of the code and the use of subheadings and other textual elements provides excellent scannability. The book uses a free IDE. The main analyzed algorithms are: the sum of three or n numbers in a loop, the decimal to binary conversion, the maximum and minimum search, the linear/sequential search, the binary search, the bubble sort, the selection sort, the merging of two sorted arrays, and the reading chars from file algorithm, stack management, recursive algorithm (Factorial and Fibonacci sequence). The last section of the text is devoted to the introduction of the C language and the implementation of the code, which is connected to the studied algorithms. Almost 1,000 people have already chosen the first edition of the book! I thank all those who have sent me feedback!

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About the Author

Luciano Manelli was born in 1975 in Taranto (Italy). He graduated in Electronic Engineering at the Polytechnic of Bari at 24 years of age and then he served as an Officer in the Navy. In 2012, he received a PhD in Computer Science from the Department of Informatics, University of Bari Aldo Moro. In the PhD, he analyzed Grid Computing and Distributed Abstract State Machine and published the results in international publications. He is a contract Professor at the Polytechnic of Bari (Course of Foundations of Computer Science) and at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Courses of Programming for Web, Computer Science and Computer Lab). He is a professionally certified engineer and author of several IT technical books for different Publishers. He has written the book “Fundamentals of Modern Information Technology” (Italian Edition – “Fondamenti di Informatica Moderna” – publisher ARACNE) in 2014, the book “Web Programming in Java” (Italian Edition – “Programmazione per il Web” – publisher ARACNE) in 2015 and the book “DASM and CoreASM” (Italian Edition – “DASM e CoreASM per l’analisi di Sistemi Complessi” – publisher ARACNE) in 2016. In 2017, he has been writing the book “Commissionare un software al fornitore - Guida pratica alla scelta dell’applicativo perfetto” (Italian Edition – publisher EPC) and the book “Java Web Application in 24h: un caso studio completo - Implementazione step by step con Tomcat, MySQL, Eclipse” (Italian Edition – publisher EPC). In 2014 he started working for the Taranto Port Authority, after working for 13 years for InfoCamere SCpA. Contacting the Author You can contact me at the following addresses: moderninformatics75@gmail.com it.linkedin.com/in/lucianomanelli

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1517154359
• ISBN 13: 9781517154356
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132