Review of The Algorithm Design Manual, Second Edition6 Author: Steven S. Skiena Publisher: Springer-Verlag, 2008 ISBN NUMBER: 978-1-84800-069-8 730 pages, Hardcover, $61.00 Reviewer: Neelakantan Kartha (gnkartha@yahoo.com) Overview The Algorithm Design Manual by Steven Skiena is aimed at two groups of people: students and professionals. It consists of two parts: (I) Practical Algorithm Design and (II) The Hitch Hiker s Guide to Algorithms. The rst part gives an overview of standard algorithm analysis and design techniques, including worst case analysis, data structures, graph algorithms and dynamic programming. This part will also be of interest to the practitioner who wants to quickly brush up his knowledge in a particular area. The second part is a annotated catalog of algorithms that allows one to quickly zoom in an algorithm of interest. The description of each algorithm includes a discussion section that addresses common questions and points to implementations and related problems. Summary of Contents Part I of the book focuses on algorithm design and consists of ten chapters. It starts off with an introductory chapter introducing algorithms and motivating why the analysis of algorithms is important. The introductory c Neelakantan Kartha, 2011 ACM SIGACT News December 2011, vol. 42, no. 4
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