Computational Thinking First Algorithms, Then Code /

• Main Authors: Ferragina, Paolo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Luccio, Fabrizio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Algorithms.; Software engineering.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

This book offers a gentle motivation and introduction to computational thinking, in particular to algorithms and how they can be coded to solve significant, topical problems from domains such as finance, cryptography, Web search, and data compression. The book is suitable for undergraduate students...

Table of Contents:

• A Brief Historical Outline
• A Problem with Which to Begin
• Algorithms and Coding
• The Tournament
• A Financial Problem
• Secret Messages
• Putting Things in Order
• "Easy" and "Difficult" Problems
• Search Engines
• Data Compression
• Recursion.