Code Simplicity


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Good software design is simple and easy to understand. Unfortunately, the average computer program today is so complex that no one could possibly comprehend how all the code works. This concise guide helps you understand the fundamentals of good design through scientific laws—principles you can apply to any programming language or project from here to eternity. Whether you’re a junior programmer, senior software engineer, or non-technical manager, you’ll learn how to create a sound plan for your software project, and make better decisions about the pattern and structure of your system. Discover why good software design has become the missing science Understand the ultimate purpose of software and the goals of good design Determine the value of your design now and in the future Examine real-world examples that demonstrate how a system changes over time Create designs that allow for the most change in the environment with the least change in the software Make easier changes in the future by keeping your code simpler now Gain better knowledge of your software’s behavior with more accurate tests




Coding and Complexity


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Think Complexity


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Expand your Python skills by working with data structures and algorithms in a refreshing context—through an eye-opening exploration of complexity science. Whether you’re an intermediate-level Python programmer or a student of computational modeling, you’ll delve into examples of complex systems through a series of exercises, case studies, and easy-to-understand explanations. You’ll work with graphs, algorithm analysis, scale-free networks, and cellular automata, using advanced features that make Python such a powerful language. Ideal as a text for courses on Python programming and algorithms, Think Complexity will also help self-learners gain valuable experience with topics and ideas they might not encounter otherwise. Work with NumPy arrays and SciPy methods, basic signal processing and Fast Fourier Transform, and hash tables Study abstract models of complex physical systems, including power laws, fractals and pink noise, and Turing machines Get starter code and solutions to help you re-implement and extend original experiments in complexity Explore the philosophy of science, including the nature of scientific laws, theory choice, realism and instrumentalism, and other topics Examine case studies of complex systems submitted by students and readers




Time Complexity Analysis


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This book "Time Complexity Analysis" introduces you to the basics of Time Complexity notations, meaning of the Complexity values and How to analyze various Algorithmic problems. This book includes Time and Space Complexity cheat sheets at the end as a bonus resource. We have tackled several significant problems and demonstrated the approach to analyze them and arrived at the Time and Space Complexity of the problems and Algorithms. This is a MUST-READ book for all Computer Science students and Programmers. Do not miss this opportunity. You will get a better idea to judge which approach will work better and will be able to make better judgements in your development work. See the "Table of content" to get the list of exciting topics you will learn about. Some of the key points you will understand: Random Access Memory does not take O(1) time. It is complicated and in general, has a Time Complexity of O(√N). Multiplication takes O(N^2) time, but the most optimal Algorithm (developed in 2019) takes O(N logN) time which is believed to be the theoretical limit. As per Time Complexity, finding the largest element and the i-th largest element takes the same order of time. It is recommended that you go through this book twice. First time, you may skip the minute details that you may not understand at first go and get the overview. In the second reading, you will get all the ideas, and this will strengthen your insights. In 1950s, Computing was not a Science. It was a collective effort by several Computer Scientists such as Robert Tarjan and Philippe Flajolet who analyzed several computational problems to demonstrate that Computation Problems are equally complicated as Physics and Mathematics Problems. The ideas captured in this book include some of these analyses which glorified Computer Science and made it a Scientific field. Book: Time Complexity Analysis Authors: Aditya Chatterjee; Ue Kiao, PhD. Contributors (7): Vansh Pratap Singh, Shreya Shah, Vikram Shishupalsingh Bais, Mallika Dey, Siddhant Rao, Shweta Bhardwaj, K. Sai Drishya. Table of content: 1. Introduction to Time and Space Complexity (+ different notations) 2. How to calculate Time Complexity? 3. Meaning of different Time Complexity 4. Brief Background on NP and P 5. Does O(1) time exist?: Cost of accessing Memory 6. Time Complexity of Basic Arithmetic Operations 6.1. Bitwise operations 6.2. Addition 6.3. Subtraction 6.4. Multiplication 6.5. Division 7. Analysis of Array 8. Analysis of Dynamic Array 9. Find largest element 10. Find Second largest element 11. Find i-th largest element 12. Time Complexity Bound for comparison-based sorting 12.1. Analysis of Selection Sort 12.2. Analysis of Insertion Sort 12.3. Analysis of Bubble Sort 12.4. Analysis of Quick Sort 13. Bound for non-comparison-based sorting 13.1. Analysis of Counting Sort 13.2. Analysis of Bucket Sort 14. Analysis of Linked List 15. Analysis of Hash functions 16. Analysis of Binary Search 17. Time and Space Complexity Cheat Sheets There is no other book that cover these topics. Many students have several misconceptions which are resolved with the book. Read this book and level up.




Coding and Complexity


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Making Software


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Many claims are made about how certain tools, technologies, and practices improve software development. But which claims are verifiable, and which are merely wishful thinking? In this book, leading thinkers such as Steve McConnell, Barry Boehm, and Barbara Kitchenham offer essays that uncover the truth and unmask myths commonly held among the software development community. Their insights may surprise you. Are some programmers really ten times more productive than others? Does writing tests first help you develop better code faster? Can code metrics predict the number of bugs in a piece of software? Do design patterns actually make better software? What effect does personality have on pair programming? What matters more: how far apart people are geographically, or how far apart they are in the org chart? Contributors include: Jorge Aranda Tom Ball Victor R. Basili Andrew Begel Christian Bird Barry Boehm Marcelo Cataldo Steven Clarke Jason Cohen Robert DeLine Madeline Diep Hakan Erdogmus Michael Godfrey Mark Guzdial Jo E. Hannay Ahmed E. Hassan Israel Herraiz Kim Sebastian Herzig Cory Kapser Barbara Kitchenham Andrew Ko Lucas Layman Steve McConnell Tim Menzies Gail Murphy Nachi Nagappan Thomas J. Ostrand Dewayne Perry Marian Petre Lutz Prechelt Rahul Premraj Forrest Shull Beth Simon Diomidis Spinellis Neil Thomas Walter Tichy Burak Turhan Elaine J. Weyuker Michele A. Whitecraft Laurie Williams Wendy M. Williams Andreas Zeller Thomas Zimmermann




Python Algorithms


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Python Algorithms explains the Python approach to algorithm analysis and design. Written by Magnus Lie Hetland, author of Beginning Python, this book is sharply focused on classical algorithms, but it also gives a solid understanding of fundamental algorithmic problem-solving techniques. The book deals with some of the most important and challenging areas of programming and computer science, but in a highly pedagogic and readable manner. The book covers both algorithmic theory and programming practice, demonstrating how theory is reflected in real Python programs. Well-known algorithms and data structures that are built into the Python language are explained, and the user is shown how to implement and evaluate others himself.




Coding and Complexity


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Computational Complexity


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New and classical results in computational complexity, including interactive proofs, PCP, derandomization, and quantum computation. Ideal for graduate students.




Complexity-Aware High Efficiency Video Coding


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This book discusses computational complexity of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoders with coverage extending from the analysis of HEVC compression efficiency and computational complexity to the reduction and scaling of its encoding complexity. After an introduction to the topic and a review of the state-of-the-art research in the field, the authors provide a detailed analysis of the HEVC encoding tools compression efficiency and computational complexity. Readers will benefit from a set of algorithms for scaling the computational complexity of HEVC encoders, all of which take advantage from the flexibility of the frame partitioning structures allowed by the standard. The authors also provide a set of early termination methods based on data mining and machine learning techniques, which are able to reduce the computational complexity required to find the best frame partitioning structures. The applicability of the proposed methods is finally exemplified with an encoding time control system that employs the best complexity reduction and scaling methods presented throughout the book. The methods presented in this book are especially useful in power-constrained, portable multimedia devices to reduce energy consumption and to extend battery life. They can also be applied to portable and non-portable multimedia devices operating in real time with limited computational resources.