A Good Book for Algorithms

Question

Possible Duplicates:
Books on Design Patterns and/or Algorithms?
How to get started on ALGORITHMS?
What is the best book for learning about Algorithms?

I am planning to get some knowledge about Data Structure and Algorithms.

Also I have a reasonable knowledge on Discrete Mathematics.

Would Art of Computer Programming be a good choice for me?

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Duplicates:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/48337/modern-books-on-algorithms
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/366418/how-to-get-started-on-algorithms
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/71029/best-source-for-algorithms
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/302270/what-is-the-best-book-for-learning-about-algorithms

Answer 1

Here are some:

Data Structures Using C
Introduction to Algorithms

Answer 2

That would be one. Another one would be the CLR book.

Answer 3

There's also The Algorithm Design Manual, by Skiena

Answer 4

For practical application of common algorithms I like Programming Classics: Implementing the World's Best Algorithms. It's out of print I believe, but can still be found used. It uses a great pseudo-code style that is easy to understand and covers a broad range of topics.

If you want in-depth and highly academic coverage then the Art of Computer Programming volumes are a fantastic albeit expensive resource.

Answer 5

G'day I always found the list on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms to be a pretty good starting point for learning different algorithms. Each article usually has a few good external links as well.

Answer 6

Knuth's books are awesome - so awesome that you don't really have to read them, you can generate luster and up-votes just by talking about them ;-)

I like Sedgewick's algorithms book, personally, for the obvious and common reason that it is the only one I ever read.

In reality, google is your friend and wikipedia is your counselor.