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ALGORITHMIC THINKING - DANIEL ZINGARO KARTONIER...

A hands-on  problem-based introduction to building algorithms and data structures to solve
problems with a computer. Programming is about using a computer to solve problems  and
algorithms and data structures are the building blocks of computer programs. For each problem
that a programmer wants to solve  they employ an algorithm: a sequence of steps for solving the
problem. Many books teach algorithms independently of specific problems  but this book uses
careful explanations  examples  and arguments  rather than formal mathematics and proofs which
make it difficult for you to connect what you are learning to what you can do with that
learning. Algorithmic Thinking: A Problem-Based Introduction teaches you to use the best
algorithms and data structures for a given situation by walking you through solving problems
pulled from international programming competitions  such as how to determine whether snowflakes
are unique  how to win a game in the minimum number of moves  how to find the number of ways to
get to someone's house  how to escape a cave in as few steps as possible  and so on. You'll
tackle challenging topics like recursion  dynamic programming  graphs  greedy algorithms  heaps
hash tables  segment trees  and other data structures for efficiently handling data. The book
contains no pseudocode: all code is written in C and is thoroughly explained in the text (C is
a de facto programming language for programming competitions). By the end of the book  you
should understand the importance of carefully working through a problem  and why it pays to
organize data using data structures.

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