[BiO BB] How to write Algorithm

[Bruce ONeel]

Very worthwhile also:

Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, et al.

ISBN 0262032937

Also, Algorithms on Strings, Trees, and Sequences by Gusfield
ISBN 0521585198

cheers

bruce

jacobs at genehack.org (John S. J. Anderson) wrote:
> Jan-Christoph Westermann <jwester at sgi1.chemie.uni-hamburg.de> writes:
> 
> > > I'm very new to the field of bioinformatics. I wanted to become an
> > > algorithm expert. Can anybody suggest how should I start from
> > > skretch?
> > 
> > What should that algorithm do?
> > Try these books:
> > Algorithms in C (O'Reilly)
> 
> IIRC, that's _Mastering Algorithms with C_; there's also a _Mastering
> Algoritms with Perl_.
> 
> > Numerical Recipies in C (Cambridge University Press, available free
> > in the www)
> 
> The canonical "algorithm book" is Knuth's multi-volume _The Art of
> Programming_. If you want to become an "algorithm expert", you should
> acquire these books (currently three of them), read them cover to
> cover, and understand them. This is very non-trivial. 
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> 
> john.
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