Data Structures and Program Design in C

Kruse, Robert L.; Leung, Bruce P.; Tondo, Clovis L.

ISBN 10: 0137256493 / ISBN 13: 9780137256495

Published by Prentice Hall, New York

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Data Structures and Program Design in C
• Publisher: Prentice Hall, New York
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0137256493
• ISBN 13: 9780137256495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The text emphasizes problem specification and program design; analysis, testing and verification; and program correctness.

Review

In a surprisingly lively textbook-style treatment, Data Structures and Program Design in C++ delivers expertise and plenty of sample programs for the working C++ programmer or computer science student.

While some books on data structures stress theory and mathematical concepts over real-world sample code, this guide illustrates its tour of data structures--such as stacks, lists, queues, trees, and graphs--with clear, engaging samples. Throughout, the authors make use of built-in C++ features (such as the Standard Template Library [STL] and templates) where appropriate.

Early chapters use such interesting examples as Conway's Game of Life, chess and game programming, a simple calculator, and an airport simulation. Along the way, the reader will learn about lists, stacks, and queues.

In later chapters, covering thornier topics such as sorting algorithms, trees, and graphs, the authors do not skimp on the mathematical underpinnings for measuring efficiency. Instead, they take extreme care to introduce everything required to understand such conventions as the "Big O" notation and principles of logarithms.

The book closes with a case study that combines several data structures and strategies. (The example, a Polish notation expression parser, is a difficult and common real-world sample.) -- Richard Dragan