List of Algorithms in Computer Programming

Pranam Bhat
2 min readDec 5, 2021
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Introduction:

In this article, we will see all the available algorithms in computer programming. This will be helpful to develop and build great products and thus will improve efficiency and quality.

Description:

I have listed out all the algorithms at one place. Few of them are most familiar one’s and the rest all of them are not used by us on a regular basis. However, these concepts/data structures/algorithms are really helpful when deciding the complexity of the architecture or problem. If all of us make use of these algorithms at right place, we can build and deliver top-notch products to the market.

Searching:

1) Binary Search

2) Linear Search

3) Depth First Search

4) Breadth First Search

5) Rabin-Karp Algorithm

6) Z Algorithm

Sorting:

1) Insertion Sort

2) Heap Sort

3) Selection Sort

4) Merge Sort

5) Quick Sort

6) Counting Sort

7) Bucket Sort

8) Bubble Sort

9) Radix Sort

10) Shell Sort

11) Comb Sort

12) Pigeonhole Sort

13) Cycle Sort

Graphs:

1) Kruskal’s Algorithm

2) Dijkstra’s Algorithm

3) Bellman Ford Algorithm

4) Floyd Warshall Algorithm

5) Topological Sort Algorithm

6) Flood Fill Algorithm

7) Lee Algorithm

8) Prim’s Algorithm

9) Boruvka’s Algorithm

10) Johnson’s Algorithm

11) Kosaraju’s Algorithm

12) Tarjan’s Algorithm

Arrays:

1) Kadane’s Algorithm

2) Floyd’s Cycle Detection Algorithm

3) Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm (KMP)

4) Quick Select Algorithm

5) Boyer — More Majority Vote Algorithm

Tree:

1) AA Tree

2) Binary Indexed Tree or Fenwick Tree

3) Quadtree

4) Cartesian Tree

5) Fibonacci heap

6) Interval Tree

7) Finger Tree

8) Crit-bit Trees

9) Scapegoat Tree

10) Splay Tree

11) Suffix Tree

12) Counted B-Trees

13) Binary Space Partitioning

14) Van Emde Boas Tree

Others:

1) Huffman Coding Compression Algorithm

2) Euclid’s Algorithm

3) Union Find Algorithm

4) Manacher’s Algorithm

5) Eukerian Path (Hierholzer’s Algorithm)

6) Convex Hull | Set 1 (Jarvis’s Algorithm or Wrapping)

7) Convex Hull | Set 2 (Graham Scan)

8) Convex Hull using Divide and Conquer Algorithm

9) Quickhull Algorithm for Convex Hull

10) Distinct elements in subarray using Mo’s Algorithm

11) Line Sweep Algorithm

12) MO’s Algorithm (Query square root decomposition)

13) Disjoint-set Data Structure

14) Ackermann Function

15) Zobrist Hashing

16) FM-index

17) Circular buffer

18) Hungarian Algorithm / Kuhn–Munkres Algorithm / Munkres Assignment Algorithm

19) Dekker’s Algorithm

20) Winged Edge

21) Burrows–Wheeler Transform

22) Zipper

23) Five Balltree Construction Algorithms

24) Cuckoo Hashing

25) Rope (Data Structure)

26) Binary Decision Diagram

27) Disjoint-set Data Structure

28) Bloom Filter

Conclusion:

In this article, we have seen the list of algorithms available in computer programming. Let us learn and use these algorithms to build great products in our day to day life. If you know any algorithm other than these algorithms, kindly comment here! Let us learn these algorithms one by one! Thank you.

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