Blink Monitor » algorithms http://blinkmonitor.com News on technology books in the Ottawa Library via RSS feed. First, click in the tag cloud below at the right. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Art of Computer Programming http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/05/the-art-of-computer-programming/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/05/the-art-of-computer-programming/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 17:29:10 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4002 The Art of Computer Programming (V.4A) 3rd ed, Donald Knuth, Addison-Wesley, 2010

This is one of the classics in the programming world. Knuth has updated it! Hardcover, 850 pages.

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This textbook is well written. There is a small amount of example code in Java or C. Hardcover, 950 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/05/algorithms/feed/ 0 Real World Haskell http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/07/real-world-haskell/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/07/real-world-haskell/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:09:55 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=2725 Real World Haskell, Bryan O’Sullivan, O’Reilly, 2008

Haskell is an advanced purely functional programming language. Read the book online here. Sorry, it is not yet at the OPL.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/07/real-world-haskell/feed/ 0 Programming Scala http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/programming-scala/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/programming-scala/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:41:08 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1757 Continue reading →]]> book coverProgramming Scala : tackle multicore complexity on the JVM / Venkat Subramaniam, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008

Programmers will see the Scala language for parallel processing as a path to the future. As always, this Pragmatic book is very practical. Read it online here. 200 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/programming-scala/feed/ 0 Introduction to Algorithms http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/introduction-to-algorithms/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/introduction-to-algorithms/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:50:53 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1687 Continue reading →]]> book coverIntroduction to Algorithms, Third Edition / Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein, MIT Press, 2009

Here is a textbook for undergrad or graduate CS courses. One of the authors is the R in RSA. Hard cover, 1200 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/introduction-to-algorithms/feed/ 0 The Productive Programmer http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/the-productive-programmer/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/the-productive-programmer/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:36:34 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1581 book coverThe Productive Programmer / Neal Ford, O’Reilly, 2008.

Programmers will find this excellent book useful. It is a companion to `Apprenticeship Patterns`. It stresses the power of the command line. Legendary O’Reilly quality, 200 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/the-productive-programmer/feed/ 0 Data Structures with Java http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/12/data-structures-with-java/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/12/data-structures-with-java/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:43:23 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1443 book coverSchaum’s Outline of Data Structures with Java / John R. Hubbard, McGraw-Hill, 2007

Practical information for the Java programmer, with algorithms, diagrams, and example code. Large format, 300 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/12/data-structures-with-java/feed/ 0 Elements of Programming http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/11/elements-of-programming/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/11/elements-of-programming/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:24:40 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1202 book coverElements of Programming / Alexander Stepanov, Addison-Wesley, 2009

An advanced book on software design, with examples in C++. It is highly recommended by Bjarne Stroustrup. 250 pages, hardcover.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/11/elements-of-programming/feed/ 0 Algorithms of the Intelligent Web http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/09/algorithms-of-the-intelligent-web/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/09/algorithms-of-the-intelligent-web/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:08:53 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1003 book coverAlgorithms of the Intelligent Web / Haralambos Marmanis, Dmitry Babenko, Manning, 2009

The algorithms behind Netflix’s recommendations, Google’s PageRank, and matching for social networks. This book is a blend of theory and practice. It is well written, 325 pages.

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This book is about systems engineering for cameras. It is a compilation of sections by academic authors. 550 pages, hardcover.

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