Data Structures Lecture Notes (UCB CS61b)

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Fundamental data structures in a consistent object-oriented framework

Now revised to reflect the innovations of Java 5.0, Goodrich and Tamassia’s Fourth Edition of Data Structures and Algorithms in Java continues to offer accessible coverage of fundamental data structures, using a consistent object-oriented framework. The authors provide intuition, description, and analysis of fundamental data structures and algorithms. Numerous illustrations, web-based animations, and simplified mathematical analyses justify important analytical concepts.

Key Features of the Fourth Edition:

• Updates to Java 5.0 include new sections on generics and other Java 5.0 features, and revised code fragments, examples, and case studies to conform to Java 5.0.

• Hundreds of exercises, including many that are new to this edition, promote creativity and help readers learn how to think like programmers and reinforce important concepts.

• New case studies illustrate topics such as web browsers, board games, and encryption.

• A new early chapter covers Arrays, Linked Lists, and Recursion.

• A new final chapter on Memory covers memory management and external memory data structures and algorithms.

• Java code examples are used extensively, with source code provided on the website.

• Online animations and effective in-text art illustrate data structures and algorithms in a clear, visual manner.

Access additional resources on the web www.wiley.com/college/goodrich):

• Java source code for all examples in the book

• Animations

• Library (net.datastructures) of Java constructs used in the book

• Problems database and search engine

• Student hints to all exercises in the book

• Instructor resources, including solutions to selected exercises

• Lecture slides

Booknews

This text for a freshman-sophomore level (CS2) course introduces data structures and algorithms, including their design, analysis, and implementation. It incorporates the object-oriented design paradigm, using Java as the implementation language. Goodrich (computer science, Johns Hopkins U.) and Tamassia (computer science, Brown U.) explain the use of stacks, queues, deques, vectors, lists, sequences, trees, dictionaries, sorting, sets, selection, text processing, and graphs. Concepts in the text are further explained with illustrations, web- based animations, and simplified mathematical analyses. Readers should be somewhat familiar with a high level programming language. Included in the first edition, but absent from the second edition is material more suitable for a junior-senior level (CS7) course. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Intro Breaking the Surface: a quick dip A Trip to Objectville: yes, there will be objects Know Your Variables: primitives and references How Objects Behave: object state affects method behavior Extra-Strength Methods: flow control, operations, and more Using the Java Library: so you don't have to write it all yourself Better Living in Objectville: planning for the future Serious Polymorphism: exploiting abstract classes and interfaces Life and Death of an Object: constructors and memory management Numbers Matter: math, formattng, wrappers, and statics Risky Behavior: exception handling A Very Graphic Story: intro to GUI, event handling, and inner classes Work on Your Swing: layout managers and components Saving Objets: serialization and I/O Make a Connection: networking sockets and multithreading Data Structures: collections and generics Release Your Code: packaging and deployment Distributed Computing: RMI with a dash of servlets, EJB, and Jini Appendix A: Final code kitchen Appendix B: Top Ten Things that didn't make it into the rest of the book Index "Learning a complex new language is no easy task, especially when it's an object-oriented computer programming language like Java. Your brain doesn't always want to take in the dry, technical stuff you're forced to study. Your brain craves novelty. Head First Java combines puzzles, strong visuals, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects to engage you in many different ways. Despite its playful appearance, Head First Java is serious: a complete introduction to object-oriented programming and Java. Its unique approach not only shows you what you need to know about Java syntax, it teaches you to think like a Java programmer. You'll learn everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics, including threads, network sockets, and distributed programming with RMI. The second edition focuses on Java 5.0, a major update to the platform, with deep, code-level changes."--Résumé de l'éditeur Java Primer Object-Oriented Design Indices, Nodes, and Recursion Analysis Tools Stacks, Queues, and Dequeues List and Iterator ADTs Trees Heaps and Priority Queues Hash Tables, Maps, and Skip Lists Search Trees Sorting, Sets, and Selection Strings and Dynamic Programming Graph Algorithms Memory Management and B-Trees Useful Mathematical Facts Bibliography Index An interactive guide to the fundamentals of the Java programming language utilizes icons, cartoons, and numerous other visual aids to introduce the features and functions of Java and to teach the principles of designing and writing Java programs. This fifth edition incorporates the object-oriented design paradigm, using Java as the implementation language, while also providing intuition and analysis of fundamental data algorithms A textbook covering design and analysis of efficient data structures and associated algorithms using the Java programming language.