A Programmer's Companion to Algorithm Analysis - 9781138402256

CRC Press

Explains the fundamental differences between the computational model assumed for algorithms and the real architectures in which programs execute. This book highlights the pitfalls that can occur when implementing an algorithm as software and offers suggestions to solve these problems. > Until now, no other book examined the gap between the theory of algorithms and the production of software programs. Focusing on practical issues, A Programmer's Companion to Algorithm Analysis carefully details the transition from the design and analysis of an algorithm to the resulting software program.Consisting of two main complementary parts, the book emphasizes the concrete aspects of translating an algorithm into software that should perform based on what the algorithm analysis indicated. In the first part, the author describes the idealized universe that algorithm designers inhabit while the second part outlines how this ideal can be adapted to the real world of programming. The book explore2