MacCormick, John,     1972- <br/><br/>
Nine algorithms that changed the future :    the ingenious ideas that drive today's computers / 
 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future:   The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers 
John MacCormick 
 - Princeton, NJ :   Princeton University Press,    2012 
 - x, 219 p.:  ill.;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Foreword ix Chapter 1. Introduction: What Are the Extraordinary Ideas Computers Use Every Day? 1 Chapter 2. Search Engine Indexing: Finding Needles in the World's Biggest Haystack 10 Chapter 3. PageRank: The Technology That Launched Google 24 Chapter 4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard 38 Chapter 5. Error-Correcting Codes: Mistakes That Fix Themselves 60 Chapter 6. Pattern Recognition: Learning from Experience 80 Chapter 7. Data Compression: Something for Nothing 105 Chapter 8. Databases: The Quest for Consistency 122 Chapter 9. Digital Signatures: Who Really Wrote This Software? 149 Chapter 10. What Is Computable? 174 Chapter 11. Conclusion: More Genius at Your Fingertips? 199 Acknowledgments 205 Sources and Further Reading 207 Index 211 
<br/><br/> Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack: the billions of pages on the World Wide Web. This book explains the fundamental 'tricks' behind nine types of computer algorithms. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691158198 (Paperback) 0691158193 (Paperback) 
 = Princeton, Oxford 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Algoritmos.<br/>Inteligencia artificial <br/>Informática <br/>Procesamiento electrónico de datos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 76  / M131n 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>006.3