With a Foreword by Dr. C.V. Ramamoorthy, Professor Emeritus

With 161 Figures

Springer

Sumit Ghosh
Stevens Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Castle Point on Hudson
Burchard Building, Room 211
Hoboken, NJ 07030
USA

Cover illustration: ADDM algorithms encapsulate a fundamental microcosmic design principle that governs the organization of complex, real-world phenomena: astronomical systems, world civilization, computer electronics, and biological systems.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ghosh, Sumit, 1958
Algorithm design for networked information technology systems/Sumit Ghosh
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexex.
ISBN 0-387-95544-5 (hc: alk. paper)

1. Computer algorithms. 2. Data structures (Computer science) 3. Information networks.
I. Title
QA76.9.A43G46 2003
005.1 dc21

200344588

ISBN 0-387-95544-5

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