Nine algorithms that changed the future
Subtitle: the ingenious ideas that drive today's computers
By: John MacCormick ; with a foreword by Chris Bishop
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780691147147
Subjects: Computer algorithms; Computer science; Artificial intelligence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: ix; label: 1
title: Introduction: What Are the Extraordinary Ideas Computers Use Every Day?
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Search Engine Indexing: Finding Needles in the World's Biggest Haystack
pagenum: 10; label: 3
title: PageRank: The Technology That Launched Google
pagenum: 24; label: 4
title: Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard
pagenum: 38; label: 5
title: Error-Correcting Codes: Mistakes That Fix Themselves
pagenum: 60; label: 6
title: Pattern Recognition: Learning from Experience
pagenum: 80; label: 7
title: Data Compression: Something for Nothing
pagenum: 105; label: 8
title: Databases: The Quest for Consistency
pagenum: 122; label: 9
title: Digital Signatures: Who Really Wrote This Software?
pagenum: 149; label: 10
title: What Is Computable?
pagenum: 174; label: 11
title: Conclusion: More Genius at Your Fingertips?
pagenum: 199; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 205; title: Sources and Further Reading
pagenum: 207; title: Index
pagenum: 211