--- product_id: 332495829 title: "Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition" price: "β‚Ή 18890" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/332495829-introduction-to-algorithms-fourth-edition store_origin: IN region: India --- # Full-color glossy pages for enhanced learning 1000+ pages of deep algorithmic knowledge Rigorous proofs & exercises for mastery Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition **Price:** β‚Ή 18890 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ“˜ Own the definitive algorithm bible β€” because your code deserves the smartest foundation. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition - **How much does it cost?** β‚Ή 18890 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/332495829-introduction-to-algorithms-fourth-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Top-Ranked & Trusted:** Ranked #2 in Computer Algorithms with 4.5 stars from 786 reviews β€” join the elite community mastering algorithms. - β€’ **Premium Print Quality:** Glossy, full-color pages and freshly printed editions make studying a tactile and visual delight. - β€’ **New Edition, New Challenges:** Fresh exercises and updated chapters keep your skills sharp and ahead of the curve. - β€’ **Comprehensive Algorithm Encyclopedia:** Covers virtually every major algorithm, from basics to NP-Hard problems, making you the go-to expert in any tech discussion. - β€’ **Academic Rigor Meets Practical Clarity:** Formal proofs paired with clear pseudo code (Python-esque style) ensure you truly understand, not just memorize. ## Overview Introduction to Algorithms, Fourth Edition, is the authoritative, 1000+ page academic textbook widely used in upper-division and graduate computer science courses. It features rigorous formal proofs, clear pseudo code close to Python style, and a comprehensive coverage of algorithms including NP-Hard problems. This edition introduces new exercises, updated chapters, and full-color glossy pages, making it a must-have for serious software engineers and algorithm enthusiasts aiming to master the field. ## Description A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, machine learning, and other topics. Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. It covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers, with self-contained chapters and algorithms in pseudocode. Since the publication of the first edition, Introduction to Algorithms has become the leading algorithms text in universities worldwide as well as the standard reference for professionals. This fourth edition has been updated throughout. New for the fourth edition New chapters on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, and machine learning New material on topics including solving recurrence equations, hash tables, potential functions, and suffix arrays 140 new exercises and 22 new problems Reader feedback–informed improvements to old problems Clearer, more personal, and gender-neutral writing style Color added to improve visual presentation Notes, bibliography, and index updated to reflect developments in the field Website with new supplementary material Warning: Avoid counterfeit copies of Introduction to Algorithms by buying only from reputable retailers. Counterfeit and pirated copies are incomplete and contain errors. Review: The definitive formal academic textbook on the subject. - This is an extremely high quality formal academic textbook on the subject of algorithms in computer science. This book likely gets assigned in many upper division or graduate level classes on the subject. For example, it has formal academic proofs of all of its claims about algorithms up front, and it is filled with exercises that are clearly intended to be completed by students. This is a formal and rigorous high level academic textbook, really serious stuff. The pseudo code is excellent, top notch, it makes even very complex algorithms readable. The pseudo code is close-ish to python in style, but the discussion of the algorithms more broadly is clearly written by people coming from a background in C/C++ since they reference pointers frequently during their explanations. The pseudo code is good enough that it could likely be used as is. The book I got was clearly freshly printed, it smelled as though the ink had just dried and one of the pages still needed to be separated at the bottom from another. So if you buy new, you might get a book that has just been printed, which is pretty cool. The printing (at least the hard cover) is very high quality, full color, glossy pages. There are some minor printing mistakes, but this is like a 1000+ page book, so the fact that 99% of it is perfect is pretty awesome. This covers virtually every common algorithm, and even includes mention and brief discussion of rare algorithms and variations of common algorithms. It's 1000+ pages, and I get the feeling that they packed in as much as they possibly could. I would love if they would release a second volume because they just didn't have room here to discuss everything. Like they mention a ton of variations of algorithms that they just don't have the time to explore. For example, I'd love to have a whole section dedicated to self balancing binary trees. They cover the most common self balancing binary tree algorithms, but they briefly mention and discuss at least 5-10 other related algorithms that I would love to see covered in depth. Likewise, I would love for a second volume to cover computational geometry, which is absent from this book. I totally get why they didn't include it, it's a whole field in and of itself, and this book is already 1000+ pages, and this book covers almost literally every other major algorithm and problem. That's why I hold out hope, not for a revised edition, but for a second volume that covers the stuff that this one didn't have time for. This book is a formal academic textbook. It's not an intro level text. You need to know your stuff before reading it. It doesn't try to be particularly easy to read, but nor does make the subjects seem overly complex. It's just a rigorous academic look at algorithms, like you'd expect in an upper level college course. Could it be written in a simpler style? Sure, but I feel like the market for this book is classrooms and academics, that kind of thing. It's still very readable as long as you know your stuff, just don't go in expecting intro level material. This is the opposite of intro level. If you are a software engineer, you pretty much owe it to yourself to own this book. This is the definitive textbook on the subject of algorithms. I really, really hope they release a second volume that covers all the algorithms that they only mention in this work. This work is very comprehensive, don't get me wrong. It covers pretty much every major algorithm that you'd want to know, with the obvious exception of computational geometry. It even covers the NP-Hard problems, it really is comprehensive. I just want all the more obscure algorithms too! Publishers and authors if you're listening, please release a second volume of this awesome book that covers everything you couldn't fit in this one! Review: Definitive. - I'm sure there are other good books out there, too, but if you only want one, or if you're looking for your first book on this topic, this is the one. ## Features - color: White - INTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMS, FOURTH EDITION ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #22,060 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Programming Algorithms #1 in Computer Algorithms #3 in Computer Programming Languages | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 805 Reviews | ## Images ![Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Mw06x2XcL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The definitive formal academic textbook on the subject. *by B***N on July 28, 2024* This is an extremely high quality formal academic textbook on the subject of algorithms in computer science. This book likely gets assigned in many upper division or graduate level classes on the subject. For example, it has formal academic proofs of all of its claims about algorithms up front, and it is filled with exercises that are clearly intended to be completed by students. This is a formal and rigorous high level academic textbook, really serious stuff. The pseudo code is excellent, top notch, it makes even very complex algorithms readable. The pseudo code is close-ish to python in style, but the discussion of the algorithms more broadly is clearly written by people coming from a background in C/C++ since they reference pointers frequently during their explanations. The pseudo code is good enough that it could likely be used as is. The book I got was clearly freshly printed, it smelled as though the ink had just dried and one of the pages still needed to be separated at the bottom from another. So if you buy new, you might get a book that has just been printed, which is pretty cool. The printing (at least the hard cover) is very high quality, full color, glossy pages. There are some minor printing mistakes, but this is like a 1000+ page book, so the fact that 99% of it is perfect is pretty awesome. This covers virtually every common algorithm, and even includes mention and brief discussion of rare algorithms and variations of common algorithms. It's 1000+ pages, and I get the feeling that they packed in as much as they possibly could. I would love if they would release a second volume because they just didn't have room here to discuss everything. Like they mention a ton of variations of algorithms that they just don't have the time to explore. For example, I'd love to have a whole section dedicated to self balancing binary trees. They cover the most common self balancing binary tree algorithms, but they briefly mention and discuss at least 5-10 other related algorithms that I would love to see covered in depth. Likewise, I would love for a second volume to cover computational geometry, which is absent from this book. I totally get why they didn't include it, it's a whole field in and of itself, and this book is already 1000+ pages, and this book covers almost literally every other major algorithm and problem. That's why I hold out hope, not for a revised edition, but for a second volume that covers the stuff that this one didn't have time for. This book is a formal academic textbook. It's not an intro level text. You need to know your stuff before reading it. It doesn't try to be particularly easy to read, but nor does make the subjects seem overly complex. It's just a rigorous academic look at algorithms, like you'd expect in an upper level college course. Could it be written in a simpler style? Sure, but I feel like the market for this book is classrooms and academics, that kind of thing. It's still very readable as long as you know your stuff, just don't go in expecting intro level material. This is the opposite of intro level. If you are a software engineer, you pretty much owe it to yourself to own this book. This is the definitive textbook on the subject of algorithms. I really, really hope they release a second volume that covers all the algorithms that they only mention in this work. This work is very comprehensive, don't get me wrong. It covers pretty much every major algorithm that you'd want to know, with the obvious exception of computational geometry. It even covers the NP-Hard problems, it really is comprehensive. I just want all the more obscure algorithms too! Publishers and authors if you're listening, please release a second volume of this awesome book that covers everything you couldn't fit in this one! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Definitive. *by C***S on January 29, 2026* I'm sure there are other good books out there, too, but if you only want one, or if you're looking for your first book on this topic, this is the one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best book in the field of Algorithms *by R***A on January 17, 2023* The bible for learning algorithms. Highly recommended for anyone who is serious in learning algorithms. Concepts are clearly explained with proofs. Exercises and chapter end problems were really interesting and challenging, guiding students to think algorithmically. This is the best book in the field. Authors also reachable and helpful as and when needed. Some of the mathematical contents used in the proofs are clearly explained in the Appendix section. Just writing some code to solve the problem is not sufficient at all. We should be able to solve the problem optimally, thinking out of the box while challenging the orthodox thinking and proving the correctness and analyzing the running time of the solution mathematically. This book covers all of them in one go. However, there's a public controversy claiming that this edition is not significantly different from the previous one. In fact, the differences from the previous edition are clearly stated at the beginning of the book. As of my observation thus far, it is significantly different from the previous edition. They have introduced many new exercises and chapter end problems while removing just a few of them. The contents in elementary graph algorithms are slightly different as they are phrased differently from the previous one. Greedy algorithms chapter has significant changes. Apart from that, you have colored illusrtations in this edition. So, after all, there's a significant difference from the previous edition as of my observation. The only downside I see is in the binding which is not that good in the fourth edition compared to the previous third edition. Nevertheless, It's well worth the payoff ! Go ahead and read it without any hesitations ! ## Frequently Bought Together - Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition - Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems - The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/332495829-introduction-to-algorithms-fourth-edition](https://www.desertcart.in/products/332495829-introduction-to-algorithms-fourth-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*