Guide to Competitive Programming : learning and improving algorithms through contests /

This invaluable textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to modern competitive programming. The text highlights how competitive programming has proven to be an excellent way to learn algorithms, by encouraging the design of algorithms that actually work, stimulating the improvement of programm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laaksonen, Antti
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer : c2017
Series:Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
Subjects:
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Programming Techniques
  • Efficiency
  • Sorting and Searching
  • Data Structures
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Graph Algorithms
  • Algorithm Design Topics
  • Range Queries
  • Tree Algorithms
  • Mathematics
  • Advanced Graph Algorithms
  • Geometry
  • String Algorithms
  • Additional Topics
  • Appendix A: Mathematical Background.