Finally, after a wait of more than thirty-five years, the first part of Volume 4 is at last ready for publication. Check out the boxed set that brings together Volumes 1 - 4A in one elegant case, and offers the purchaser a $50 discount off the price of buying the four volumes individually. The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set, 3/e ISBN: 0321751043

《计算机程序设计艺术(第4卷·第0册):组合算法与布尔函数概论(双语版)》是《计算机程序设计艺术，第4卷：组合算法》的第0册。《计算机程序设计艺术(第4卷·第0册):组合算法与布尔函数概论(双语版)》介绍了组合搜索历史和演化，涉及组合搜索技术的理论和实践应用，探究了布尔函数相关的所有重要问题，考察了如何最有效地计算一个布尔函数的值的技术。本册是《计算机程序设计艺术的》第7章，即组合搜索一长篇宏论的起始。

The book is Volume 4A, because Volume 4 has itself become a multivolume undertaking. Combinatorial searching is a rich and important topic, and Knuth has too much to say about it that is new, interesting, and useful to fit into a single volume, or two, or maybe even three. This book alone includes approximately 1500 exercises, with answers for self-study, plus hundreds of useful facts that cannot be found in any other publication. Volume 4A surely belongs beside the first three volumes of this classic work in every serious programmer’s library.

《计算机程序设计艺术(卷4A):组合算法1(英文版)》是图灵奖得主高德纳倾尽心血进行的一项巨大的写作计划，目前已经完成了前三卷。这套书被公认为计算机科学领域的权威之作，深入阐述了程序设计和算法理论，对计算机领域的发展有着极为深远的影响。《计算机程序设计艺术(卷4A):组合算法1(英文版)》主要介绍了组合算法，内容涉及布尔函数、按位操作技巧、元组和排列、组合和分区以及所有的树等。