Algorithms (4th Edition) 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick (PDF)

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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.

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⭐The book is about algorithms and data structures in Java, and not about learning to program. My review will contrast this book with Sedgewick’s 25+year old “Algorithms in C++” in my shelf. The new algorithms book is such a vast improvement over the old C++ book that I hardly recognize it any more. The new Algorithms has two authors. The authors are using a sub-set of the Java OO features (unlike the C++ version, which used none). While I may not agree in detail with some choices, I can understand, because they explained their coding standards well, and why they limit features. The algorithms are updated to the basic algorithms a student these days needs to have heard of, which includes new material like tries. I was fascinated to see a regular expression evaluation automaton in code, with explanations. Some more esoteric material from the C++ book (for instance, Voronoi diagrams) is left for specialized books. At a few places in the book, the impact of algorithms and data structures is illustrated giving real-world examples. And I have yet to read chapter 6.But what really impressed me was the code. This book shows the fundamental data structures and algorithms in just a few lines of beautiful and well-thought code. Sure, any nit-picker may find quibbles, but most choices are understandable from a didactic and printing perspective. This code is so much better than any in the old C++ book. The authors preferred clarity, yet the code is still concise. The authors are clear about feature creep, and limit their code to what is needed and no more, though some extensions are part of the exercises. I am reminded of the Einstein paraphrase “As simple as possible, but no simpler”.More complex data structures and algorithms need multiple code boxes, which are all explained in detail, with the box appearing close to the explanation. Some readers may take issue with the density of information in examples, but I find it advantageous to have all information close-by rather than spread out. I prefer to pore over their dense examples than having to flip pages.

⭐I started reading “Algorithms” after Sedgewick and Wayne’ s “Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” which I think is a great place to start for those who are new to (object-oriented) programming. This book, Algorithms, (and the Coursera course or the COS 226 at Princeton) builds your knowledge further by fleshing out the theory behind the data structures. I only made it through the first 3 chapters so far, but I think I became better at writing cleaner, concise, and correct code by reading this book and doing some coding assignments (of the Coursera course, which is based on this book and/or the course COS 226 at Princeton which uses this book). I like this book and the exercises because they provide a good mix of theory and practice. I feel like this book is great preparation for interviews, as well as for further study from books which use pseudo-code.The content itself is great, but I am deducting a point because of the print quality of the textbook. For some reason, a lot of the pages in my copy look grayer than they should. I’m not sure if it’s a book formatting issue where the font color was set to gray accidentally or if it is a publisher issue, but for some pages the black text just doesn’t appear as crisp and dark. I attached some pictures but my phone seems to color correct things and the difference in the photos doesn’t seem big. In person, the variation in the black text throughout the book is definitely noticeable, though.

⭐The authors provide an clear and concise set of criterion for the use of algorithms in general, and then go about developing the basic set to use in daily development of your own. I got this book as a reference to assist newcomers and interns in their progress, but find myself referring to its contents frequently to remind myself of some foundational elements that have floated merrily away over the years.I would heartily recommend this book to everyone. For the student to learn the basic set of algorithms, for the entry and mid level software engineers (or programmers) to inspire new ideas from a solid foundation, and for us veterans as a reminder to a solid way for development of our own algorithms.It is well written, and easy to understand (even for the interns I’ve had read through it). The examples are developed around Java, and so the book starts with a section on Java and basic programming techniques. It contains a large set of the basic algorithms that are frequently necessary on a day to day basis, but also shows HOW and WHY they were developed. It also provides a section on several advanced topics, again with an eye to the HOWs and WHYs. All along the way, there are references to “Good” development foundations, and reminders the development philosophies.

⭐I have quite a few algorithms books. This certainly is one of my favourites. The current edition starts out with a gentle introduction to motivation and basics, but soon ramps up to be a solid algorithms book. I recommend this as a first-read before moving on to the book by Cormen (which is much more theoretical and heavy going at first).

⭐Good algorithm book. and the book will look much better if you take his free online course.Very very well formatted that will actually help you to visualize the process/steps of a given algorithm. Coverage was good and you can really get the classic algorithms.

⭐This is one of the best books for learning algorithms

⭐The best book in java algorithms. Brand new arrived on time

⭐The material is not delivered clearly. I was expecting better work from Dr. Sedgewick. He tried to write a good textbook in Java and in Algorithms and Data Structures but failed in both.I have even found a mistake in heapsort implementation, it will work for odd number of inputs, but would fail for even number of inputs.Many problems are ambiguous and not clearly stated. As an example, problem 1.4.19 clearly asks for local INTERNAL minimum of a 2D matrix, but one may not exist, and the minimum maybe on the boundary.Another problem, 2.4.23, deals with finding optimal value t for t-ary heap, that minimizes the coefficient of N*lgN. However, it is very confusing to understand what author wants, since the height of the t-ary heap in a logarithm of N on base t. lgN that is in the question is likely base-2 logarithm. But in other books log is used for base 2 logarithm, while lg is used for base-10 logarithms. The conventions are never defined in this book.This book also very big but cannot be used as a reference, you need to read the whole chapter, with multiple data structures, in order to understand one specific algorithm or data structure. It is because of the Java code, instead of pseudocode, implementation. The author references all his previous methods along the way.This book is used as a textbook in engineering university course and these ambiguous problems are part of home assignments and tests.I would also mention that the book website has a lot of good material for free that I am recommending.As for Data Structures and algorithms I would recommend book of Thomas Cornman and books of Tim Roughgarden.

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