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Introduction to Algorithms

Introduction to Algorithms

byThomas H. Cormen
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Joe
4.0 out of 5 starsAmazing advanced algorithms textbook
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 8, 2021
I bought this as a course companion for ECE358 at UofT (an algorithms course) and am loving it. The pseudocode snippets for everything is very helpful and it also includes visualization of algorithms. Despite being an introductory textbook, some of the concepts covered are quite advanced and maybe not as beginner-friendly. That being said, it's still a great algorithms textbook overall and I would definitely recommend it! Also consider that it is a very large and heavy textbook, especially if you go for hardcover like myself.
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LONG CHEN
2.0 out of 5 starsYou get what you pay for
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 29, 2017
No doubt It is a great book with a great content and could be part of a collection, but in a bad binding and printing condition, I would have given a 2 star, but given it arrived on time, and it is not too badly damaged. I am giving it a 3 star. The reason why I give it a 3 star:

1. It is a hard cover, but the corner edges are somewhat bended. I am a book person, I like my book to be in perfect condition. But I guess it is done during the transportation, and the wrap being too tight.

2. The paper quality is not good, very soft and thin, need to flip the page with extreme care

3. The print quality is not in a perfect condition, some page, it is crystal clear, some page it is not, looks like it is fading away

4. There are pages the print is more than 80% faded, not clear to read, I will need to look for a pdf version to see if I can figure out what is printed

5. Last thing I'd like point out is that it might appear the seller is from US, however it is from India, I didn't know until the shipment is sent. I would have preferred if it is from U.S.

Lastly I guess you get what you pay for, just hope there are no missing information from the book. I will be reading it soon. I am also getting it for the purpose of collection as well.

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Edit: The binding is so horrible, paper is so thin, print is fading, need to emphasize I really hate the binding, i just i discovered today when I had a closer look. changing it to 2 star
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Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing advanced algorithms textbook
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 8, 2021
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I bought this as a course companion for ECE358 at UofT (an algorithms course) and am loving it. The pseudocode snippets for everything is very helpful and it also includes visualization of algorithms. Despite being an introductory textbook, some of the concepts covered are quite advanced and maybe not as beginner-friendly. That being said, it's still a great algorithms textbook overall and I would definitely recommend it! Also consider that it is a very large and heavy textbook, especially if you go for hardcover like myself.
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Dina
5.0 out of 5 stars nice book
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 17, 2022
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Excellent book. Got the book as used but it appears to be new. Very happy with the purchase.
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Gary
4.0 out of 5 stars Only for reference
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 15, 2014
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I bought this book to learn algorithms in a self taught manner but it turns out to be "just" a reference book.
The book is well written and it covers a lot of topics.
It is very rigorous indeed. It's actually empathizes rigor over accessibility.
For a beginner like me it feels like learning to speech by reading the dictionary.

I would advise you buy this book of you already know the topic a minimum but need a reference OR if you are using it as a textbook in class.

To give you an idea of the target audience, there I actually stumbled upon an instance where the book had something like this:
"By exercise XXX, some given property is true" where XXX is an exercise given at the end of a previous chapter.
Come on... Can you not, for the lone learner, explain why such property is true?
And the book also mentions that only a portion of the exercises have correction because they want the teachers to be able to give exercise and make sure the students cannot google the solution.
It does make sense. But it's another hint of the targeted audience.

I will still rate 4, because as a reference book it's good.
But beginners: you've been warned.
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Pat
4.0 out of 5 stars Complete Reference
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 3, 2013
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Similar to what other people have said about this book, it's a great reference which does an excellent job covering the subject of algorithms in computer science.

I have followed a course on discrete mathematics and it is in my opinion a must to have a chance at understanding this book without being overwhelmed. The reason I am not giving it 5 stars is because there is only a subset of solved exercises in the link provided within the book. Also, the book is not taking any shortcuts to teach you about algorithms so get ready to have pen and paper at hand and even a compiler to implement the pseudo-codes on your own to truly understand them.

I recommend a quick first-pass of the book and once you're ready take a good month to study in detail the chapters of interest to your field.
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Dhwanit Soni
5.0 out of 5 stars Like brand new
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 7, 2021
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Superb condition.
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Eric
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast but careless delivery
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 26, 2018
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Shipping was fast. But the corner of the book is damaged. The hard cover is bent over about an inch, and roughly 50 pages (100 indexed pages) are affected.
I read this book long time ago, and plan to keep a hard copy as part of collection. Although it won't change its classic content, the dent does make me feel a bit disappointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fast but careless delivery
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 26, 2018
Shipping was fast. But the corner of the book is damaged. The hard cover is bent over about an inch, and roughly 50 pages (100 indexed pages) are affected.
I read this book long time ago, and plan to keep a hard copy as part of collection. Although it won't change its classic content, the dent does make me feel a bit disappointed.
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Mihir
5.0 out of 5 stars Absoltely good condition
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 13, 2020
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Absolutely good... The only expectation did not match was hardcover. Its softcovered book.
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LONG CHEN
2.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 29, 2017
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No doubt It is a great book with a great content and could be part of a collection, but in a bad binding and printing condition, I would have given a 2 star, but given it arrived on time, and it is not too badly damaged. I am giving it a 3 star. The reason why I give it a 3 star:

1. It is a hard cover, but the corner edges are somewhat bended. I am a book person, I like my book to be in perfect condition. But I guess it is done during the transportation, and the wrap being too tight.

2. The paper quality is not good, very soft and thin, need to flip the page with extreme care

3. The print quality is not in a perfect condition, some page, it is crystal clear, some page it is not, looks like it is fading away

4. There are pages the print is more than 80% faded, not clear to read, I will need to look for a pdf version to see if I can figure out what is printed

5. Last thing I'd like point out is that it might appear the seller is from US, however it is from India, I didn't know until the shipment is sent. I would have preferred if it is from U.S.

Lastly I guess you get what you pay for, just hope there are no missing information from the book. I will be reading it soon. I am also getting it for the purpose of collection as well.

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Edit: The binding is so horrible, paper is so thin, print is fading, need to emphasize I really hate the binding, i just i discovered today when I had a closer look. changing it to 2 star
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David Beskowiney
3.0 out of 5 stars not impressed
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 26, 2020
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The book came in in good order. Had to wait a month. The book itself the pages are very thin. The pages are easily marked up if your hands are a little sweaty. You need to wash your hands and be completely dry before handling the book. As for the book content that is good stuff.
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Kevin
4.0 out of 5 stars Very theoretical explanation, no answers to practice questions
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 4, 2018
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You gotta put in alot of time and effort to fully understand the material. To the practice questions, they don't have the answers for them in the book. However, I liked how they put side-info you need (ex: solving summations) in the annex.
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