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Anany Levitin’s Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms is a comprehensive book on various topics of algorithms design techniques. It comprises of the more instinctual and unconventional ways of algorithm designing and analyses. The summaries and exercises at the end of every chapter help in gaining a deeper insight into the subject. Extensive examples and samples are included to give a glimpse of real time applications of the techniques discussed. This edition also covers empirical analysis and mathematical analysis of recursive and nonrecursive algorithms; algorithmic thinking using games and puzzles for a more fun way of learning. It also discusses the fundamentals of the subject, brute force, divide and conquer, decrease and conquer, transform and conquer, space and time trade-offs of various algorithms, greedy technique and dynamic programming among other topics. Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms is essential for Computer Science and Information Science Engineering students and has been one of the most widely read and referred textbooks for algorithms. About Anany Levitin Anany Levitin is a Computer Science Professor at the Villanova University. He has also authored the book Algorithmic Puzzles. About Dorling Kindersley Dorling Kindersley is a British multinational publishing company which is known for creating and publishing high quality, illustrated books and also numerous online resources. It is based in London and was found in the year 1974. DK is a part of the Penguin Random House Group and is spread across in many major cities in different continents, including New Delhi, India. They publish books of all genres. Some of the most popular books produced by DK in India are Encyclopaedia of Plants and Flowers, The Motorbike Book, Natural History, Eyewitness Dinosaur and Where to Go When, among many other works.