Introduction to Algorithms
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Introduction to Algorithms is a book by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. It is used as the textbook for algorithms courses at many universities. It is also one of the most commonly cited references for algorithms in published papers, with over 2500 citations documented on CiteSeerX.[1]
Cormen teaches at Dartmouth College, Rivest and Leiserson teach at MIT, and Stein teaches at Columbia.
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[edit] Editions
The first edition of the textbook did not include Stein as an author, and thus the book became known by the acronym CLR. After the addition of the fourth author in the second edition, many began to refer to the book as CLRS. This first edition of the book was also known as "The Big White Book (of Algorithms)." With the second edition, the predominant color of the cover changed to green, causing the nickname to be shortened to just "The Big Book (of Algorithms)."[2] A third edition will be published in September 2009.[3]
[edit] CD-ROM
This book is also available with a companion CD-ROM including examples in Java.
[edit] Cover design
The mobile located on the cover, Big Red by Alexander Calder, can be found at the Phillips Collection, a modern art museum in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.
[edit] References
- Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L. (1990). Introduction to Algorithms (1st ed.). MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-262-03141-8.
- Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L.; Stein, Clifford (2001). Introduction to Algorithms (2nd ed.). MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-262-53196-8.
- ^ "Introduction to Algorithms—CiteSeerX citation query". CiteSeerX. The College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/showciting?cid=1910. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ Neato Tech Books (J. Blustein)
- ^ http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/CLRS3e/
[edit] External links
- Book's own site
- Authors' site
- Google Book Search page about the book, with preview
- McGraw-Hill site
- Via MIT OpenCourseWare: site on book-based course held by coauthor
- e-Lecture: "Introduction to Algorithms"
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