Mathematical and algorithmic foundations of the Internet / Fabrizio Luccio and Linda Pagli with Graham Steel.
"This book introduces the vast wealth of mathematical concepts and methods on which the Internet depends. It illustrates mathematical and algorithmic methods with examples from various fields to show the universality of the concepts presented. The authors provide complete discussions of sequenc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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©2012.
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| Series: | Chapman & Hall/CRC applied algorithms and data structures series.
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| Summary: | "This book introduces the vast wealth of mathematical concepts and methods on which the Internet depends. It illustrates mathematical and algorithmic methods with examples from various fields to show the universality of the concepts presented. The authors provide complete discussions of sequences, exponential growth, algorithms and complexity, randomness, graphs and networks, search engines, parallel and distributed computation, and cryptography. They also address cuttingedge topics, such as game theory, and include a short encyclopedic dictionary of terms related to the Internet"Provided by publisher. "This book is intended to fill the gap between designing and maintaining a computer network--a task for professionals--and even a superficial understanding of its operation. Intended for use in computer science courses at elementary level; or as a suggested reading for students in other fields; or for providing supplementary notions to technical professionals; or, finally, for curious people interested in the advancement of science and technology, the mathematical and algorithmic concepts and methods presented are accompanied by notions coming from literature, history, art, and other fields, to provide a lighter reading experience and to show the universality of many of the concepts treated"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439831397 1439831394 1283311585 9781283311588 9780429103735 0429103735 9781138413061 1138413062 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |