
Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
- Edition
- 4th
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Year
- 2022
- ISBN-13
- 9780262046305
Introduction to Algorithms (4th edition) by Thomas H. Cormen et al. is a canonical computer science textbook. Used as required reading in 9 courses across top US universities, including MIT 6.006, MIT 6.046, Stanford CS 161. Published by MIT Press in 2022. Compare new, used, and international prices across Amazon, eBay, AbeBooks, Alibris, and Pearson InformIT to find the cheapest copy.
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Used in these courses
- RequiredBerkeley CS 170Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems
- RequiredCornell CS 4820Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms
- RequiredGeorgia Tech CS 3510Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- RequiredMichigan EECS 281Data Structures and Algorithms
- RequiredMIT 6.006Introduction to Algorithms
- RequiredMIT 6.046Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- RequiredStanford CS 161Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- RequiredUIUC CS 374Introduction to Algorithms and Models of Computation
- RequiredUW CSE 421Introduction to Algorithms
- RecommendedCornell CS 2110Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures
- RecommendedGeorgia Tech CS 1332Data Structures and Algorithms
- RecommendedPrinceton COS 226Algorithms and Data Structures
- RecommendedUIUC CS 225Data Structures
- RecommendedUT Austin CS 314Data Structures
- RecommendedUW CSE 373Data Structures and Algorithms
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