Data Structures and Algorithms in Java - A Project-Based Approach

A hands-on undergraduate textbook covering all core data structures and algorithms topics with an emphasis on real-world projects. Accessibly written and includes over 250 'Try It Yourself' boxes, more than 500 end-of-chapter problems, and additional interview question sections.

List of contents

Preface; Algorithms + data structures = programs; 1. Java fundamentals; 2. Object-oriented programming; 3. Project: mindstorms; 4. Arrays; 5. Searching and an introduction to algorithm analysis; 6. Lists; 7. Project: particle effects; 8. Recursion; 9. Project: generative art and fractals; 10. Sorting; 11. Stacks; 12. Project: logic puzzles; 13. Queues and buffers; 14. Hashing; 15. Hash tables; 16. Project: Ye olde Shakespearean search engine; 17. Binary trees; 18. Self-balancing search trees; 19. Heaps and priority queues; 20. Graph algorithms; 21. Project: graph-based recommendation engine; 22. Project: twisty little passages; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Dan S. Myers is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where he has taught Data Structures and Algorithms for ten years.

Summary

A hands-on undergraduate textbook covering all core data structures and algorithms topics with an emphasis on real-world projects. Accessibly written and includes over 250 'Try It Yourself' boxes, more than 500 end-of-chapter problems, and additional interview question sections.

Foreword

A hands-on, active learning textbook for CS2 courses.

Product details

• Authors: Dan S. Myers, Dan S. (Rollins College Myers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781009260336
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0926033-6
• No. of pages: 642
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; COMPUTERS / Programming / Algorithms, computer science, algorithms and data structures, Algorithms & data structures, Programming & scripting languages: general, Programming and scripting languages: general, For higher / tertiary / university education, COMPUTERS / Languages / General, Textbook, coursework