Michael Mitzenmacher, Eli Upfal

Gebundenes Buch

Probability and Computing

Randomization and Probabilistic Techniques in Algorithms and Data Analysis

Beschreibung

Greatly expanded, this new edition requires only an elementary background in discrete mathematics and offers a comprehensive introduction to the role of randomization and probabilistic techniques in modern computer science. Newly added chapters and sections cover topics including normal distributions, sample complexity, VC dimension, Rademacher complexity, power laws and related distributions, cuckoo hashing, and the Lovasz Local Lemma. Material relevant to machine learning and big data analysis enables students to learn modern techniques and applications. Among the many new exercises and examples are programming-related exercises that provide students with excellent training in solving relevant problems. This book provides an indispensable teaching tool to accompany a one- or two-semester course for advanced undergraduate students in computer science and applied mathematics.

Autor

Michael Mitzenmacher is a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Professor Mitzenmacher has authored or co-authored over 200 conference and journal publications on a variety of topics, including algorithms for the internet, efficient hash-based data structures, erasure and error-correcting codes, power laws, and compression. His work on low-density parity-check codes shared the 2002 IEEE Information Theory Society Best Paper Award and won the 2009 ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award. He was elected as the Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory in 2015.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 182mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1153g
• ISBN-13: 9781107154889
• ISBN-10: 110715488X
• Artikelnr.: 47358437

Rezensionen

'As randomized methods continue to grow in importance, this textbook provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to fundamental concepts that need to be widely known. The new chapters in this second edition, about sample size and power laws, make it especially valuable for today's applications.' Donald E. Knuth, Stanford University, California