ELEMENTARY APPROACH TO DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS, AN (Primers in Electronics and Computer Science) - Hardcover

Lekh Raj Vermani; Shalini Vermani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786346753 ISBN 13: 9781786346759

Publisher: WSPC (Europe), 2019

Synopsis

In computer science, an algorithm is an unambiguous specification of how to solve a class of problems. Algorithms can perform calculation, data processing and automated reasoning tasks.

As an effective method, an algorithm can be expressed within a finite amount of space and time and in a well-defined formal language for calculating a function. Starting from an initial state and initial input (perhaps empty), the instructions describe a computation that, when executed, proceeds through a finite number of well-defined successive states, eventually producing "output" and terminating at a final ending state. The transition from one state to the next is not necessarily deterministic; some algorithms, known as randomized algorithms, incorporate random input.

This book introduces a set of concepts in solving problems computationally such as Growth of Functions; Backtracking; Divide and Conquer; Greedy Algorithms; Dynamic Programming; Elementary Graph Algorithms; Minimal Spanning Tree; Single-Source Shortest Paths; All Pairs Shortest Paths; Flow Networks; Polynomial Multiplication, to ways of solving NP-Complete Problems, supported with comprehensive, and detailed problems and solutions, making it an ideal resource to those studying computer science, computer engineering and information technology.

Readership: Students studying for degrees in computer science, computer engineering and information technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: WSPC (Europe)
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786346753
• ISBN 13: 9781786346759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536