As examples of how to use our cost model we will analyze a couple of the algorithms we de-scribed for the shortest superstring problem: the brute force algorithm and the greedy algorithm.

An effective algorithm can be used to efficiently solve an entire class of problems, without having to think through each problem from first principles. Knowing algorithms increases students’ mathematical …

We keep the material in algorithmic con- text, describing data structures, algorithm design paradigms, reduction, and problem-solving models. We cover classic methods that have been taught since the …

Learn about a number of known algorithms for solving a wide range of problems. Learn about design techniques for designing your own algorithm. Become better at analyzing the running time of …

Think of an algorithm as being a little box that can solve a certain class of computational problems. Into the box goes a description of a particular problem in that class, and then, after a certain amount of …

In the logician's voice: an algorithm is nite procedure, written in a xed symbolic vocabulary governed by precise instructions, moving in discrete steps, 1, 2, 3, ... whose execution requires no insight, …

The algorithm describes a speciûc computational procedure for achieving that in- put/output relationship for all problem instances. As an example, suppose that you need to sort a sequence of numbers into …