Books

The lectures will come from a varity of sourses but one book that will be used more than others will be:

Introduction to Algorithms
T. Cormen, C. Leiserson, R. Rivest, C. Stein
McGraw Hill, 2001

Another very popular text is Kleinberg and Tardos:

Algorithm Design
Kleinberg and Tardos
Addison-Wesley, 2005

Here is a list of some of the more popular texts that you might find helpful. The web is also an excellent source of information. Note, though, that not all sources on the web are completely reliable.

The Design and Analysis Algorithms
Dexter C. Kozen
Springer-Verlag, 1992

Randomized Algorithms
Motwani and Raghavan
Cambridge University Press, 1995

Computer Algorithms, Introduction to Design and Analysis
Sarah Baase, Allen van Gelder
Addison-Wesley, 2000

Introduction to Algorithms: A Creative Approach
U. Manber
Addison-Wesley, 1990

The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms
A. Aho, J. Hopcroft, J. Ullman
Addison-Wesley, 1974

Algorithmics: Theory and Practice
G. Brassard, P. Bratley
Prentice Hall, 1996

On the web

Computational Geometry Algorithms and Applications By M. de Berg, M. van Kreveld, M. Overmars, and O. Cheong