Methods in Algorithmic Analysis

Methods in Algorithmic Analysis

by Vladimir A. Dobrushkin
Released March 2016
Publisher(s): Chapman and Hall/CRC
ISBN: 9781420068306

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Book description

Explores the Impact of the Analysis of Algorithms on Many Areas within and beyond Computer Science.
A flexible, interactive teaching format enhanced by a large selection of examples and exercises.

Developed from the author’s own graduate-level course, Methods in Algorithmic Analysis presents numerous theories, techniques, and methods used for analyzing algorithms. It exposes students to mathematical techniques and methods that are practical and relevant to theoretical aspects of computer science.

After introducing basic mathematical and combinatorial methods, the text focuses on various aspects of probability, including finite sets, random variables, distributions, Bayes’ theorem, and Chebyshev inequality. It explores the role of recurrences in computer science, numerical analysis, engineering, and discrete mathematics applications. The author then describes the powerful tool of generating functions, which is demonstrated in enumeration problems, such as probabilistic algorithms, compositions and partitions of integers, and shuffling. He also discusses the symbolic method, the principle of inclusion and exclusion, and its applications. The book goes on to show how strings can be manipulated and counted, how the finite state machine and Markov chains can help solve probabilistic and combinatorial problems, how to derive asymptotic results, and how convergence and singularities play leading roles in deducing asymptotic information from generating functions. The final chapter presents the definitions and properties of the mathematical infrastructure needed to accommodate generating functions.

Accompanied by more than 1,000 examples and exercises, this comprehensive, classroom-tested text develops students’ understanding of the mathematical methodology behind the analysis of algorithms. It emphasizes the important relation between continuous (classical) mathematics and discrete mathematics, which is the basis of computer science.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents (1/2)
  3. Contents (2/2)
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. List of Symbols
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Dedication
  9. Chapter 1: Preliminaries (1/5)
  10. Chapter 1: Preliminaries (2/5)
  11. Chapter 1: Preliminaries (3/5)
  12. Chapter 1: Preliminaries (4/5)
  13. Chapter 1: Preliminaries (5/5)
  14. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (1/11)
  15. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (2/11)
  16. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (3/11)
  17. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (4/11)
  18. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (5/11)
  19. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (6/11)
  20. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (7/11)
  21. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (8/11)
  22. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (9/11)
  23. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (10/11)
  24. Chapter 2: Combinatorics (11/11)
  25. Chapter 3: Probability (1/12)
  26. Chapter 3: Probability (2/12)
  27. Chapter 3: Probability (3/12)
  28. Chapter 3: Probability (4/12)
  29. Chapter 3: Probability (5/12)
  30. Chapter 3: Probability (6/12)
  31. Chapter 3: Probability (7/12)
  32. Chapter 3: Probability (8/12)
  33. Chapter 3: Probability (9/12)
  34. Chapter 3: Probability (10/12)
  35. Chapter 3: Probability (11/12)
  36. Chapter 3: Probability (12/12)
  37. Chapter 4: More about Probability (1/13)
  38. Chapter 4: More about Probability (2/13)
  39. Chapter 4: More about Probability (3/13)
  40. Chapter 4: More about Probability (4/13)
  41. Chapter 4: More about Probability (5/13)
  42. Chapter 4: More about Probability (6/13)
  43. Chapter 4: More about Probability (7/13)
  44. Chapter 4: More about Probability (8/13)
  45. Chapter 4: More about Probability (9/13)
  46. Chapter 4: More about Probability (10/13)
  47. Chapter 4: More about Probability (11/13)
  48. Chapter 4: More about Probability (12/13)
  49. Chapter 4: More about Probability (13/13)
  50. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (1/15)
  51. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (2/15)
  52. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (3/15)
  53. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (4/15)
  54. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (5/15)
  55. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (6/15)
  56. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (7/15)
  57. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (8/15)
  58. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (9/15)
  59. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (10/15)
  60. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (11/15)
  61. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (12/15)
  62. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (13/15)
  63. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (14/15)
  64. Chapter 5: Recurrences or Difference Equations (15/15)
  65. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (1/17)
  66. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (2/17)
  67. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (3/17)
  68. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (4/17)
  69. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (5/17)
  70. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (6/17)
  71. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (7/17)
  72. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (8/17)
  73. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (9/17)
  74. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (10/17)
  75. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (11/17)
  76. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (12/17)
  77. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (13/17)
  78. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (14/17)
  79. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (15/17)
  80. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (16/17)
  81. Chapter 6: Introduction to Generating Functions (17/17)
  82. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (1/14)
  83. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (2/14)
  84. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (3/14)
  85. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (4/14)
  86. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (5/14)
  87. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (6/14)
  88. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (7/14)
  89. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (8/14)
  90. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (9/14)
  91. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (10/14)
  92. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (11/14)
  93. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (12/14)
  94. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (13/14)
  95. Chapter 7: Enumeration with Generating Functions (14/14)
  96. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (1/14)
  97. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (2/14)
  98. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (3/14)
  99. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (4/14)
  100. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (5/14)
  101. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (6/14)
  102. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (7/14)
  103. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (8/14)
  104. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (9/14)
  105. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (10/14)
  106. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (11/14)
  107. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (12/14)
  108. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (13/14)
  109. Chapter 8: Further Enumeration Methods (14/14)
  110. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (1/12)
  111. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (2/12)
  112. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (3/12)
  113. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (4/12)
  114. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (5/12)
  115. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (6/12)
  116. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (7/12)
  117. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (8/12)
  118. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (9/12)
  119. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (10/12)
  120. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (11/12)
  121. Chapter 9: Combinatorics of Strings (12/12)
  122. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (1/17)
  123. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (2/17)
  124. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (3/17)
  125. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (4/17)
  126. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (5/17)
  127. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (6/17)
  128. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (7/17)
  129. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (8/17)
  130. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (9/17)
  131. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (10/17)
  132. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (11/17)
  133. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (12/17)
  134. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (13/17)
  135. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (14/17)
  136. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (15/17)
  137. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (16/17)
  138. Chapter 10: Introduction to Asymptotics (17/17)
  139. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (1/7)
  140. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (2/7)
  141. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (3/7)
  142. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (4/7)
  143. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (5/7)
  144. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (6/7)
  145. Chapter 11: Asymptotics and Generating Functions (7/7)
  146. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (1/8)
  147. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (2/8)
  148. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (3/8)
  149. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (4/8)
  150. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (5/8)
  151. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (6/8)
  152. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (7/8)
  153. Chapter 12: Review of Analytic Techniques (8/8)
  154. Appendices (1/11)
  155. Appendices (2/11)
  156. Appendices (3/11)
  157. Appendices (4/11)
  158. Appendices (5/11)
  159. Appendices (6/11)
  160. Appendices (7/11)
  161. Appendices (8/11)
  162. Appendices (9/11)
  163. Appendices (10/11)
  164. Appendices (11/11)
  165. Answers/Hints to Selected Problems (1/4)
  166. Answers/Hints to Selected Problems (2/4)
  167. Answers/Hints to Selected Problems (3/4)
  168. Answers/Hints to Selected Problems (4/4)
  169. Bibliography (1/2)
  170. Bibliography (2/2)
  171. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Methods in Algorithmic Analysis
  • Author(s): Vladimir A. Dobrushkin
  • Release date: March 2016
  • Publisher(s): Chapman and Hall/CRC
  • ISBN: 9781420068306