Algorithms For Dummies

 

   

  

Algorithms For Dummies

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random numbers, 393

random walks, 352

randomizing methods, 102

RankBrain, 222

ranking factors, 220–221

regular expressions, 400

robots, 17

Roomba, 321

RSA cryptosystem, 289

run-length encoding (RLE), 273

satellites, 230

SciPy, 169

search algorithms, 393

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), 229

Seki, Takakazu (mathematician), 212

self-driving cars, 374

Selfridge-Conway solution, 402

Shakey the robot project, 385

shortest route algorithms, 193

Silver, Nate (statistician), 235

simulated annealing, 346

Sisyphus story, 233

Smith, Adam (economist), 28, 286

sort algorithms, 392

sorting data, 137

Space/Time Trade-offs in Hash Coding with Allowable 

Errors (Bloom), 239

spatial issues, 404

“The String-to-String Correction Problem” (Wagner 

and Fischer), 318

subgraphs, 161

survivor bias, 26

swarm intelligence, 373

Tesla P100, 17

threads vs. processes, 259

tile game, 33

topological maps, 374

trampoline, 106

Unicode encoding, 267

updates, book, 4

uses of PageRank algorithm, 221

UTF-8, 267

van Rossum, Guido (computer programmer),  

45–46

vector and matrix array-creation functions, 96

Vehicle Routing Problem, 312

video and audio storage, 268

Webster, Noah (author), 44

WinPython, 51

Worley noise, 26

Xeon Phi processor/chip, 16

XPRESS, 364

Zachary’s Karate Club, 199

Webster, Noah (author)

A Grammatical Institute of the English Language, 44

weighted graph, 157, 182

Welch, Terry (computer scientist), 275

well-defined nature, of algorithms, 11

while

 statement, 84–85

White Hat SEO, 210

whitespace, using in output, 166

Wilson, Charles Erwin (Secretary of Defense), 300

windowing, 236

Windows, installing Python on, 54–57

WinPython, 51

WMA, 268

words, differentiating, 400

Worley, Steven (computer scientist), 26