Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by chinmay185 » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 12:01 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by facorreia » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 12:07 PM UTC

I learned it back in the 1980s from "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" by Niklaus Wirth.

There's a more recent edition available: "Algorithms and Data Structures".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1921125

Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by minthd » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 12:21 PM UTC

I think it depends on what you want to achieve.

If you want to design algorithms, and not just reuse an algorithm from a catalog:

"Introduction to Algorithms: A Creative Approach: Udi Manber" Is very good.

If on the other you;re interested in a an extensive srvey of algo's and data-sturcutres, see"Algorithms and theory of computation handbook", by atallah. It has 2 volumes.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by chinmay185 » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 12:27 PM UTC

Thanks. I am mainly interested in learning about dynamic programming and graph algorithms.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by jcr » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 12:31 PM UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithm_general_topi...

http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Main_Page

http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~algorith/

http://www.nist.gov/dads/index.html

http://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/

http://akira.ruc.dk/~keld/teaching/algoritmedesign_f05/Artik...

Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by ruraljuror » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 2:40 PM UTC

Coursera's Algo part 1 starts in 2 days. https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partI

Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by brudgers » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 4:26 PM UTC

I learned a lot in Roughgarden's course on Coursera:

https://www.coursera.org/course/algo

but I'll be first to suggest going to font of computer science that is TAoCP, not because you're likely to understand most of Knuth, but because it's unlikely that anyone will understand half on the first pass, so there will be something else to learn for a really long time.

Good luck.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning Algorithms and Data Structures?

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Post by ninetax » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 4:56 PM UTC

Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual is really great, it's pretty comprehensive.

http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/...

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Post by samfisher83 » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 6:11 PM UTC

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Post by rajathagasthya » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 6:22 PM UTC

chinmay185 wrote: post #4

Thanks. I am mainly interested in learning about dynamic programming and graph algorithms.

MIT OCW's Intro to Algorithms by Erik Demaine and Srinivas Devadas is an excellent resource to learn about DP and graph algorithms.