REVIEWER COMMENTS

On the Design Technique approach (as profiled in the Dr. Dobbs Article)

"After reviewing this text for the second time, I am convinced that this fresh approach will create some buzz in computer science courses....you have a winner on your hands"
-Bringham Young

"What continues to appeal to me about this book is the attempt to present the ideas of algorithm design in a new unified framework, which enhances its pedagogical feel. I would not nbe surprised if some professors will take a look at the table of contents and decide to use the book based on that"
-BYU

"Grouping algorithms by design is nothing new, but this text takes it to a whole new level."
-UNLV

"The taxonomy of algorithms suggested by the author will definitely be a positive factor in the competition with other books."
-GWU

"[More appealing than my current book i find the] Better separation into more distnict design techniques. For instance, decrease-and-conquer is separated from divide- and -conquer."
- Univ of Alabama

"I like the organization of algorithms into design classes. My current text (CLR) does this for some design classes but the proposed text carries this pedagogically powerful organizational principle further."
-Colorado State

"Levitin's TOC provides better groupings by algorithm design techniques than does Brassard. This manner of grouping is muchmore useful than grouping by problem domain, as most other algorithms textbooks do."
-Univ of Alabama

On the treatment of math

"The most appealing aspect of this text is its presentation of major principles and results without much hard work. For this reason the text is readable by mid to upper level undergraduate students."
-Univ of Michigan

" Levitin promises more narrative and less math. My students want that!"
- BYU

...'the text is heavily biased towards description of algorithms as opposed to mathematical details regarding their analysis....The manner in which algorithms are descriobed with respect to both their structure (English language description, pseudocode) and behavior (English language descriptions, execution trees) is excellent."
- Univ of Michigan

On the writing style

"The presentation of the manuscript is clear, well-organized and exciting..I like the informal style, the forward references to follow up material, the justification for various examples, and anticipation (and answers!) of typical student questions at various spots. I like this text much better than my present text.On the table of contents: It covers the whole theroy of the design and analysis of algorithms as it presently understood GWU."
-GWU

On the exercises(including the puzzles)

"The exercises provide a good mix of algorithm tracing, algorithm design, mathematical proof, and program implementation"
- Univ of Alabama.

" Students completing our course should be able to recognize standard problems embedded in real-world applications."
- Univ of Alabama