May 2022
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
11h 39m
English
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Index
A
- A* algorithm, 35, 381, 388, 396–399
- abscissa (x coordinate), 39
- abstract machines, 36–37
- Adamaszek, Michal, 32
- Adamaszek, Anna, 32
- admissible heuristic, 396
- Advanced Driver-Assist Systems (ADAS), 15
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), 284–287
- agent, defined, 18
- AGraph, 149, 150
- AI (artificial intelligence) 222, 383–384
- algorithmic problems, ones yet to solve, 411–415
- algorithms. See also specific algorithms
- as all about getting acceptable answer, 19–20
- analysis of, 36
- categorization of, 119
- comparison of as using measurement, 24
- complex ones as generally less favorable than simple ones, 36
- costs of, 24, 32–35
- defined, 11
- described, 10–15, 20–21
- design of, 23–40
- discovering correct ones to use, 173–174
- as distinct from equations, 411
- elements of, 15
- evaluation of, 35–40
- finding them everywhere, 14–15
- genetic algorithms, 368, 384
- getting them into business, 231–232
- greedy algorithms, 24, 31, 32, 174, 291–306
- heuristic algorithms, 34–35, 382
- historical creation of, 10, 27–28, 403
- importance of precision in using, 157
- iterative form of, 13
- languages of, 21
- modern-day creation of, 10
- nature-inspired algorithms, 354
- path finding algorithms, 388–399
- randomized algorithms, 331–348
- recursive algorithms, 13, 40, 310
- same algorithm as having difference uses, 21
- simplex algorithm, 368, 372–373
- that are changing the world, 403–410
- uses of, 12–14
- Al-Khawarizmi, 403
- allowable errors, 240
- Amazon, link analysis on, 407
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) ...
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