Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science) - Softcover

Skiena, Steven S; Revilla, Miguel A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387001638 ISBN 13: 9780387001630

Publisher: Springer, 2003

Synopsis

The challenges of problems from international programming competitions are an effective way to improve your algorithmic and coding skills and understanding. This volume uses international programming competition-type problems to motivate the study of algorithms, programming, and other topics in computer science. The book includes more than 100 programming challenges, as well as the theory and key concepts necessary for approaching them. Problems are organized by topic, and supplemented by complete tutorial material. Readers gain a concrete understanding of both algorithmic techniques and advanced coding topics. Unique Features:- Offers a wealth of rich programming problems suitable for self-study - all with on-line judging at www programming-challenges.com- Presents practice training for all major programming contests - ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC), International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), and Topcoder Challenge- Serves as a convenient, web-based means of adding a programming component to any algorithms or software engineering course - Contains complete working code for fundamental data structures and graph, string, numerical and geometric algorithms- Provides a brief-yet-thorough treatment of key elements in number theory, geometry, dynamic programming, and graph algorithms - Supports all popular programming languages (C, C++, Pascal, Java)Steven S. Skiena is a member of the faculty of computer science at SUNY Stony Brook and is author of many widely used books, including The Algorithm Design Manual. He received the 2001 IEEE Computer Society Undergraduate Teaching Award. Miguel Revilla is a member of the faculty of computer science at the University of Valladolid, Spain. He is official website archivist of the ACM ICPC and creator/maintainer of the primary robot-judge, contest-hosting website.

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Review

"Skiena and Revilla's new book 'Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual' is just the ticket for those interested in a jumpstart to the world of contest programming. With special emphasis on the international ACM collegiate contests, the book's best feature is each chapter's pithy introduction that demystifies a particular scheme or algorithmic approach. The ensemble of these explications coupled with the contest strategy guidelines in the appendix can enable a novice to enhance contest results dramatically in a short time simply by solving the suggested exercises in each chapter. Even contest veterans are likely to be able to find a nugget or two in the explanations and strategies. "Presented in a logical order (contest programming has over a dozen different primary attacks), the book guides readers not only through the techniques and algorithms required but also through a huge set of problems that can be used for training. Solutions can be submitted to Valladolid University's online trainer for quick feedback and reinforcement. "If you're the sort who likes to have a single volume that covers the vast majority of a field, you'll love Skiena and Revilla's new tome." --Rob Kolstad, Ph.D., Head Coach, USA Computing Olympiad

From the Back Cover

Studying the challenges of problems from international programming competitions is an effective way to improve your algorithmic and coding skills and understanding.

This new programming companion uses international programming competition-type problems to motivate the study of algorithms, programming, and other topics in computer science. The book includes more than 100 programming challenges, as well as the theory and key concepts necessary for approaching them. Problems are organized by topic and supplemented by complete tutorial material. Readers gain a concrete understanding of both algorithmic techniques and advanced coding topics.

Unique features:

• Offers a wealth of programming problems suitable for self-study―all with online judging at www.programming-challenges.com
• Presents practice training for all the major programming contents―ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC), International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), and Topcoder Challenge
• Serves as a convenient, web-based means for adding a programming component to any algorithms or software engineering course
• Contains complete working code for fundamental data structures and graph, string, numerical, and geometric algorithms
• Provides a brief-yet-thorough treatment of key elements of number theory, geometry, dynamic programming, and graph algorithms
• Supports all popular programming languages (C, C++, Pascal, Java)

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0387001638
• ISBN 13: 9780387001630
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 748