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Excellent Collection of Algorithms. Hitchkiker's Guide.
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The book is awesome, some eye opening solutions and best complement to Introduction to Algorithms. Although the book s not concise, but pretty straight to read. The Interview problem section within ch... more
Sandeep Verma
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· Dec, 2011
Just Awesome!!!! Thrilled!
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A really great book on algorithms. Reading this after 'Introduction to Algorithms by CLRS' would help a lot. Not recommended for beginners.
Provides good amount of theory than code which is much help... more
Karthic
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· Mar, 2012
Best book for understanding application of Algorithms
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Flipkart delivery was very quick and i got a nice copy of the book. The book lived up to the expectations. Though soft copy of this book is freely available online still i purchased because it is a mu... more
Harsh Vardhan Sisodia
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· Jul, 2014
Perfect!
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This is really nice book, Its nice to have if you are into Competitive Programming and it does describes algorithms in simplest and interesting way. Even If you have read Cormen , try this one too, Yo... more
Abhishek Gahlot
, Kurukshetra
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· Jan, 2015
Programmers who wanna Compete
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Yes, just as the title, this book fits completely for programmers who want to start off with competitive programming! Not as extensive as coreman, but one can always find algorithms online. Skiena lis... more
Ramit Das
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· Sep, 2014
good one
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liked it a lot
skiena is a good expositor of intricate techniques
additionally also get a grab on Problems on Algorithms by ian parberry
after all practice makes u good not just reading :-)
Tanay Debnath
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· Mar, 2014
Great collection of algorithms !!!
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This is an awesome book with very good collection of algorithms. Also some of the very known algorithms are solved in a very beautiful way. Also the style of describing problem is very good. Most of t... more
Nabanita Sen
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· Oct, 2012
Excellent book ..
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This book is meant for those who have some prior knowledge of data structure, mathematics (prob,combination ...etc). Explains well the design techniques and language is easy. Chapters on backtracking,... more
Nishant Verma
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May, 2012
Good book for algorithm design
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This is a good book on algorithm design. The author has compiled an exhaustive resource for all topics with references to online material, pointers to implementations and much more. The war stories ar... more
Anurag Agarwal
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· Feb, 2012
The Algorithm Design Manual - Skiena
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Nice collection of algorithmic problems and references. If you have basic insights into algorithms, start reading related material in the book. It provides various implementation methods, complexities... more
Venkateswara Rao Sanaka
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· Oct, 2011
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