Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future：The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future：The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

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作者: Chris 著 , John MacCormick 著

出版社: Princeton University Press

出版时间: 2013-05

ISBN: 9780691158198

定价: 256.50

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 232页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>哲学心理学

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Everyday,weuseourcomputerstoperformremarkablefeats.Asimplewebsearchpicksoutahandfulofrelevantneedlesfromtheworld'sbiggesthaystack:thebillionsofpagesontheWorldWideWeb.UploadingaphototoFacebooktransmitsmillionsofpiecesofinformationovernumerouserror-pronenetworklinks,yetsomehowaperfectcopyofthephotoarrivesintact.Withoutevenknowingit,weusepublic-keycryptographytotransmitsecretinformationlikecreditcardnumbers;andweusedigitalsignaturestoverifytheidentityofthewebsiteswevisit.Howdoourcomputersperformthesetaskswithsuchease?
Thisisthefirstbooktoanswerthatquestioninlanguageanyonecanunderstand,revealingtheextraordinaryideasthatpowerourPCs,laptops,andsmartphones.Usingvividexamples,JohnMacCormickexplainsthefundamental"tricks"behindninetypesofcomputeralgorithms,includingartificialintelligence(wherewelearnaboutthe"nearestneighbortrick"and"twentyquestionstrick"),Google'sfamousPageRankalgorithm(whichusesthe"randomsurfertrick"),datacompression,errorcorrection,andmuchmore.
Theserevolutionaryalgorithmshavechangedourworld:thisbookunlockstheirsecrets,andlaysbaretheincredibleideasthatourcomputersuseeveryday.
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Everyday,weuseourcomputerstoperformremarkablefeats.Asimplewebsearchpicksoutahandfulofrelevantneedlesfromtheworld'sbiggesthaystack:thebillionsofpagesontheWorldWideWeb.UploadingaphototoFacebooktransmitsmillionsofpiecesofinformationovernumerouserror-pronenetworklinks,yetsomehowaperfectcopyofthephotoarrivesintact.Withoutevenknowingit,weusepublic-keycryptographytotransmitsecretinformationlikecreditcardnumbers;andweusedigitalsignaturestoverifytheidentityofthewebsiteswevisit.Howdoourcomputersperformthesetaskswithsuchease?
Thisisthefirstbooktoanswerthatquestioninlanguageanyonecanunderstand,revealingtheextraordinaryideasthatpowerourPCs,laptops,andsmartphones.Usingvividexamples,JohnMacCormickexplainsthefundamental"tricks"behindninetypesofcomputeralgorithms,includingartificialintelligence(wherewelearnaboutthe"nearestneighbortrick"and"twentyquestionstrick"),Google'sfamousPageRankalgorithm(whichusesthe"randomsurfertrick"),datacompression,errorcorrection,andmuchmore.
Theserevolutionaryalgorithmshavechangedourworld:thisbookunlockstheirsecrets,andlaysbaretheincredibleideasthatourcomputersuseeveryday.

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