You can't replace CLRS as a reference, but I recommend the following free draft if you're looking for an algorithms text to start out with: http://www.cs.berkel

You can't replace CLRS as a reference, but I recommend the following free draft if you're looking for an algorithms text to start out with: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html.