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Author Harel, David, 1950-

Title Algorithmics : the spirit of computing / David Harel, with Yishai Feldman
Edition Third edition
Published Harlow : Addison-Wesley, 2004

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 MELB  005.1 Har/Ats 2004  DUE 19-04-24
Description xviii, 513 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction and historical review, or, what's it all about? -- 2. Algorithms and data, or, getting it done -- 3. Programming languages and paradigms, or, getting it done by computer -- 4. Algorithmic methods, or, getting it done methodically -- 5. The correctness of algorithms, or, getting it done right -- 6. The efficiency of algorithms, or, getting it done cheaply -- 7. Inefficiency and intractability, or, you can't always get it done cheaply -- 8. Noncomputability and undecidability, or, sometimes you can't get it done at all! -- 9. Algorithmic universality and its robustness, or, the simplest machines that get it done -- 10. Parallelism, concurrency, and alternative models, or getting lots of stuff done at once -- 11. Probabilistic algorithms, or, getting it done by tossing coins -- 12. Cryptography and reliable interaction, or, getting it done in secret -- 13. Software engineering, or, getting it done when it's large
14. Reactive systems, or, getting it to behave properly over time -- 15. Algorithmics and intelligence, or, are they better at it than us?
Summary "This book tells the story of the concepts, ideas, methods and results fundamental to computer science, in a form independent of the details of specific computers, languages and formalisms. It concerns the true 'spirit' of computers; with the 'recipes' that make them tick - their algorithms."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-493) and index
Subject Computer algorithms.
Author Feldman, Yishai A., 1958-
LC no. 2004041063
ISBN 0321117840 paperback