Advanced Data Structures

The first book to show data structures as a crucial algorithmic topic, not trivial material to illustrate object-orientation.

Peter Brass (Author)

9780521880374, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 September 2008

474 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.75 kg

'It can be briefly said that the reader will be dealing with an illustration, diagram, and code packed book, that will do it's best not to confuse but to very well explain one of the toughest computer science subjects, and he will be pleasantly surprised to learn many new-age data structures.' Igor Gvero, Software Engineering Notes

This text closely examines ideas, analysis, and implementation details of data structures as a specialised topic in applied algorithms. It looks at efficient ways to realise query and update operations on sets of numbers, intervals, or strings by various data structures, including: search trees; structures for sets of intervals or piece-wise constant functions; orthogonal range search structures; heaps; union-find structures; dynamization and persistence of structures; structures for strings; and hash tables. Instead of relegating data structures to trivial material used to illustrate object-oriented programming methodology, this is the first volume to show data structures as a crucial algorithmic topic. Numerous code examples in C and more than 500 references make Advanced Data Structures an indispensable text.

1. Elementary structures
2. Search types
3. Balanced search trees
4. Tree structures for sets of intervals
5. Heaps
6. Union-find and related structures
7. Data structure transformations
8. Data structures for strings
9. Hash tables
10. Appendix.

Subject Areas: Algorithms & data structures [UMB]