Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. The book covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers. Each chapter is relatively self-contained and can be used as a unit of study. The algorithms are described in English and in a pseudocode designed to be readable by anyone who has done a little programming. The explanations have been kept elementary without sacrificing depth of coverage or mathematical rigor.
The first edition became a widely used text in universities worldwide as well as the standard reference for professionals. The second edition featured new chapters on the role of algorithms, probabilistic analysis and randomized algorithms, and linear programming. The third edition has been revised and updated throughout. It includes two completely new chapters, on van Emde Boas trees and multithreaded algorithms, and substantial additions to the chapter on recurrences (now called "Divide-and-Conquer"). It features improved treatment of dynamic programming and greedy algorithms and a new notion of edge-based flow in the material on flow networks. Many new exercises and problems have been added for this edition.
As of the third edition, this textbook is published exclusively by the MIT Press.

历史上最伟大的计算机科学著作之一
融深邃思想、实战技术与趣味轶事于一炉的奇书
带你真正领略计算机科学之美
多年以来，当程序员们推选出最心爱的计算机图书时，《编程珠玑》总是位于前列。正如自然界里珍珠出自细沙对牡蛎的磨砺，计算机科学大师Jon Bentley以其独有的洞察力和创造力，从磨砺程序员的实际问题中凝结出一篇篇不朽的编程“珠玑”，成为世界计算机界名刊《ACM通讯》历史上最受欢迎的专栏，最终结集为两部不朽的计算机科学经典名著，影响和激励着一代又一代程序员和计算机科学工作者。本书为第一卷，主要讨论计算机科学中最本质的问题：如何正确选择和高效地实现算法。
在书中，作者选取许多具有典型意义的复杂编程和算法问题，生动描绘了历史上众大师们在探索解决方案中发生的轶事、走过的弯路和不断精益求精的历程，引导读者像真正的程序员和软件工程师那样富于创新性地思考，并透彻阐述和总结了许多独特而精妙的设计原则、思考和解决问题的方法以及实用程序设计技巧。解决方案的代码均以C/C++语言编写，不仅有趣，而且有很大的实战示范意义。每章后所附习题极具挑战性和启发性，书末给出了简洁的解答。
本书是计算机科学方面的经典名著。书的内容围绕程序设计人员面对的一系列实际问题展开。作者Jon Bentley 以其独有的洞察力和创造力，引导读者理解这些问题并学会解决方法，而这些正是程序员实际编程生涯中至关重要的。本书的特色是通过一些精心设计的有趣而又颇具指导意义的程序，对实用程序设计技巧及基本设计原则进行了透彻而睿智的描述，为复杂的编程问题提供了清晰而完备的解决思路。本书对各个层次的程序员都具有很高的阅读价值。
书评
“《编程珠玑》是对我职业生涯早期影响最大的书之一，其中的许多真知灼见多年之后仍然使我受益匪浅。”
——Steve McConnell，软件工程大师，IEEE Software前主编，《代码大全》作者

Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java is an “advanced algorithms” book that fits between traditional CS2 and Algorithms Analysis courses. In the old ACM Curriculum Guidelines, this course was known as CS7. This text is for readers who want to learn good programming and algorithm analysis skills simultaneously so that they can develop such programs with the maximum amount of efficiency. Readers should have some knowledge of intermediate programming, including topics as object-based programming and recursion, and some background in discrete math. As the speed and power of computers increases, so does the need for effective programming and algorithm analysis. By approaching these skills in tandem, Mark Allen Weiss teaches readers to develop well-constructed, maximally efficient programs in Java. Weiss clearly explains topics from binary heaps to sorting to NP -completeness, and dedicates a full chapter to amortized analysis and advanced data structures and their implementation. Figures and examples illustrating successive stages of algorithms contribute to Weiss’ careful, rigorous and in-depth analysis of each type of algorithm. A logical organization of topics and full access to source code complement the text’s coverage.