'''Algorithmics''' isncludes [[algorithm design]], the art of building a procedure which can solve efficiently a specific problem or a class of problem, [[algorithmic complexity theory]], the study of estimating the hardness of problems by studying the properties of the algorithm that solves them, or [[algorithm analysis]], the science of studying the properties of a problem, such as quantifying resources in time and memory space needed by this algorithm to solve this problem.
The term algorithmics is rarely used in the English-speaking world, where it is synonymous with ''algorithms and data structures''. The term gained wider popularity after the publication of the book ''Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing'' by [[David Harel]].
