algorithms : Java Glossary

algorithms

Algorithms are like computer programs, but expressed in a more general way. You have to fill in the details to convert them into working programs. When I first started computing as a teen, I asked my younger sister to got to the library and see if you could find me any books on algorithms. She came home, mightily embarrassed. The librarian explained that surely she meant logarithms. Both words show our indebtedness to Islamic medieval scholars for advances in mathematics. They are general problem solving tools you can apply to particular problems, there are algorithms for sorting and organising for fast retrieval. There are standard algorithms for traversing trees, and discovering islands of connection in a graph of edges and nodes.

recommend book⇒The Art of Computer Programming

by:

Donald Ervin Knuth

978-0-201-48541-7

hardcover

(born: 1938-01-10 age: 74)

publisher:

Addison-Wesley

published:

1998-10-15

The classic book on algorithms. Volumes 1, 2 and 3. It is a dense, authorative, academic series of books. You probably would need some university level computer science or mathematics training to tackle it. Knuth’s volumes 1, 2 and 3 are the reference works for standard algorithms. At his website he describes plans for volumes 4 and 5.

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recommend book⇒Data Structures And Algorithms In Java

by:

Mitchell Waite and Robert Lafore

978-1-57169-095-1

hardcover

publisher:

Waite Group Press

published:

1998-03

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recommend book⇒An Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms With Java

by:

Glenn Rowe

978-0-13-857749-0

hardcover

publisher:

Prentice Hall

published:

1997-12-16

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recommend book⇒Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis : Java

by:

Clifford A. Shaffer

978-0-13-660911-7

paperback

publisher:

Prentice Hall

978-0-13-028446-4

hardcover

published:

1997-12-09

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recommend book⇒Java Algorithms

by:

Scott Robert Ladd

978-0-07-913696-1

paperback

publisher:

Osborne Publishing

published:

1997-12-22

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recommend book⇒Data Structures in Java

by:

Thomas A. Standish

978-0-201-30564-7

paperback

publisher:

Addison Wesley

published:

1997-08-22

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recommend book⇒Component Software : Beyond Object-Oriented Programming

by:

Clemens Szyperski

978-0-201-17888-3

hardcover

publisher:

Addison-Wesley

published:

1997-12-19

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Algorithm has a second meaning: a preposterous quotation falsely attributed to one’s political rival, e.g. asserting that Al Gore claimed he single-handedly "invented the Internet".

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