Reference and Selective Reading

The module's reading guide is the assignment map. Full-book reading is not required for the compact path.

The local backbone is The Algorithm Design Manual, with CLRS for alternate formal arguments. Locate topics in each book's contents; these are honest book-level destinations, not invented section links.

For executable work, use guided labs. For derived answers, use worked examples, practice solutions, and the assessment key, keeping independent attempts separate from guided practice.

The external MIT dynamic-array lecture and weighted-scheduling lecture support specific gaps. They do not validate this guide's workload or assessment thresholds; those still need learner and reviewer evidence.