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Data Structures and Algorithms in Java (Mitchell Waite Signature Series)
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by Mitchell Waite and Robert Lafore
Sales Rank: 505714
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$6.25
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Hardcover: 617 pages
Publisher: Waite Group Press March 1998
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1571690956
ISBN-13: 978-1571690951
Product Dimensions:
9.5 x 8.3 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
Product Review
While most books on algorithms and data structures use C or C++ for their examples, Data Structures and Algorithms in Java introduces data structures, sorting, and related algorithms using the Java programming language. This worthy reference helps working programmers get the most out of using Java to store and manipulate data efficiently.
The book starts out with simple data structures, such as Java arrays, and looks at a variety of traditional sorting algorithms, such as the quick sort and the bubble sort. Along the way, the author uses clear-cut examples in Java that show the ordering of elements visually in applets. (All source code is included in the accompanying CD-ROM.) The book then looks at linked lists (which can be efficient in Java because references point to objects in memory the way C++ pointers do).
The chapters on working with trees are especially clear. The author introduces and explains all the mathematical concepts needed to understand working with data structures. For example, he explains logarithms from the beginning so the reader will understand how various algorithms will perform with different numbers of elements. The author also includes advanced data structures, such as graphs and weighted graphs, along with sample applets that actually demonstrate what these containers look like and how they store and retrieve data.
The book concludes with a discussion of when to choose particular data structures over others--a topic that is less critical as CPU speed increases. In all, Data Structures and Algorithms in Java is a concise and readable excursion into the world of data structures. The book does an admirable job of showing how a traditional topic in computer science is handled in one of today's most popular programming languages. --Richard V. Dragan
Product Description
Not filled with with obtuse mathematics and difficult proofs, MWSS:Data Structures and Algorithms in Java removes the mystique from DS&A. It does this in two ways. First, the text is written in a straightforward style, making it accessible to anyone. Second, unique new Java demonstration programs, called "Workshop Applets," are provided with the book. These Workshop Applets provide interactive "moving pictures" which the user can control and modify by pressing buttons. The book's text describes specific operations the user can carry out with these Workshop Applets, and the applets then reveal the inner workings of an algorithm or data structure.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This is a wonderful programming book with great text and nice diagrams. As a bonus you get a CD with Applets that visually implement the algorithim so you can see it "in action". While the implementations are in Java, the code is presented in a way that the code is not the focus - the concepts are, so it will even work if you have a different programming background. The Java implementations are very good, and the code is presented well. This book focuses on data structures, so you won't find much information on String searching, pattern matching, parsing, file compression, or mathematical-type algorithims (random number generators,hashing (some simple hashing is presented), etc). It would be great if these other topics were found in another volume. The great thing about this book is that it focuses on how the datastructures are implemented without getting bogged down on the "mathematics" behind the performance or other characteristics. If you have read any book by Sedgewick or Knuth you know what what I am talking about (note that those books are also great but focus on a different audience). The only thing that would make this book better would be if it had exercises and solutions for students to implement. Buy this.
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Data Structures and Algorithms in Java (Mitchell Waite Signature Series)
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