đ Algorithms to Live By â (2025â2026 Edition)
đ Algorithms to Live By (2025â2026 Edition) is a structured, syllabus-based academic resource designed for BS/CS, BS/IT, Software Engineering students, and learners aiming to master algorithms. This app provides detailed notes, MCQs, and quizzes to support learning, exam preparation, and interview readiness. With a well-organized syllabus layout, students can develop strong problem-solving skills and apply algorithmic concepts in real-world scenarios.
This edition covers fundamental to advanced topics such as optimal stopping, scheduling, caching, game theory, randomness, Bayesian reasoning, overfitting, networking, computational kindness, and more. Each chapter is carefully structured to blend theoretical knowledge with practical insights, making it an essential guide for students and aspiring professionals.
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đ Chapters & Topics
đš Chapter 1: Optimal Stopping
- The Secretary Problem
- The 37% Rule
- Trade-offs Between Stopping and Continuing
- Exploring vs. Exploiting
đš Chapter 2: Explore-Exploit
- Win-Stay, Lose-Shift Heuristic
- Gittins Index
- Thompson Sampling
- Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Life Decisions
đš Chapter 3: Sorting
- Sorting Algorithms in Daily Life
- Least Recently Used (LRU) Strategy
- Cache Management
- Organizing Information Efficiently
đš Chapter 4: Caching
- Page Replacement Algorithms
- Temporal Locality
- LRU vs. FIFO
- Memory and Storage Optimization
đš Chapter 5: Scheduling
- Bayesâs Rule
- Single-Tasking vs. Multitasking
- Shortest Processing Time First
- Preemption
- Thrashing and Overhead
đš Chapter 6: Bayesâs Rule
- Conditional Probability
- Bayesian Inference
- Base Rate Neglect
- Making Predictions Under Uncertainty
đš Chapter 7: Overfitting
- Generalization vs. Memorization
- Bias-Variance Tradeoff
- Curve Fitting
- Model Complexity and Simplicity
đš Chapter 8: Relaxation
- Constraint Relaxation
- Satisficing vs. Optimizing
- Computational Intractability
- Heuristics in Decision Making
đš Chapter 9: Networking
- Protocol Design
- Congestion Control
- TCP/IP and Packet Switching
- Fairness and Efficiency in Communication
đš Chapter 10: Randomness
- Randomized Algorithms
- Load Balancing
- Monte Carlo Methods
- Role of Chance in Strategy
đš Chapter 11: Game Theory
- Nash Equilibrium
- Prisonerâs Dilemma
- Mechanism Design
- Cooperation and Competition
đš Chapter 12: Computational Kindness
- Cognitive Load Reduction
- Being Predictable to Help Others
- Simplifying Decisions for Others
- Information Disclosure
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đ Why Choose this App?
- Covers the complete Algorithm syllabus in a structured academic format.
- Includes MCQs and quizzes for effective practice.
- Provides quick revision and deep conceptual clarity.
- Helps in projects, coursework, and technical interview preparation.
- Builds solid foundations in algorithmic thinking and decision-making.
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â This app is inspired by
Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths, Rajeev Motwani, Prabhakar Raghavan, Fatima M. Albar, Antonie J. Jetter
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