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50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know - Second Edition

By : Imran Ahmad
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Book Image

50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know - Second Edition

4 (5)
By: Imran Ahmad

Overview of this book

The ability to use algorithms to solve real-world problems is a must-have skill for any developer or programmer. This book will help you not only to develop the skills to select and use an algorithm to tackle problems in the real world but also to understand how it works. You'll start with an introduction to algorithms and discover various algorithm design techniques, before exploring how to implement different types of algorithms, with the help of practical examples. As you advance, you'll learn about linear programming, page ranking, and graphs, and will then work with machine learning algorithms to understand the math and logic behind them. Case studies will show you how to apply these algorithms optimally before you focus on deep learning algorithms and learn about different types of deep learning models along with their practical use. You will also learn about modern sequential models and their variants, algorithms, methodologies, and architectures that are used to implement Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. Finally, you'll become well versed in techniques that enable parallel processing, giving you the ability to use these algorithms for compute-intensive tasks. By the end of this programming book, you'll have become adept at solving real-world computational problems by using a wide range of algorithms.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Fundamentals and Core Algorithms
7
Section 2: Machine Learning Algorithms
14
Section 3: Advanced Topics
20
Other Books You May Enjoy
21
Index

Python packages

Python is a general-purpose language. It follows the philosophy of “batteries included,” which means that there is a standard library that is available, without making the user download separate packages. However, the standard library modules only provide the bare minimum functionality. Based on the specific use case you are working on, additional packages may need to be installed. The official third-party repository for Python packages is called PyPI, which stands for Python Package Index. It hosts Python packages both as source distribution and pre-compiled code. Currently, there are more than 113,000 Python packages hosted at PyPI. The easiest way to install additional packages is through the pip package management system. pip is a nerdy recursive acronym, which are abundant in Python culture. pip stands for Pip Installs Python. The good news is that starting from version 3.4 of Python, pip is installed by default. To check the version of pip, you...