Readers will understand what computer algorithms are, how to describe them, and how to evaluate them. These computer algorithms will provide: simple ways to use computers to search for information; methods to solve various sorting problems; methods to solve basic problems using directed acyclic graphs and shortest path methods (which can be used to model road networks, dependencies between tasks, and financial relationships); methods to solve problems with strings (such as DNA structures); the basic principles behind cryptography; the basics of data compression; and even some problems that no one can understand how to solve on a computer for a considerable amount of time.
