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.
