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Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java
Michael Main, University of Colorado at Boulder

ISBN-10: 0201357445
ISBN-13: 9780201357448

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 1999
Format: Paper; 784 pp
Published: 10/13/1998

This book takes a gentle approach to the data structures course in Java. It offers an early, self-contained review of object-oriented programming and Java to give students a firm grasp of key concepts, and allows those experienced in other languages to adjust easily. The book also offers a flexibility which allows professors such options as emphasizing object-oriented programming, covering recursion and sorting early or accelerating the pace of the course. This title meets the needs of professors searching for a book to balance the introduction of object-oriented programming and data structures with Java.

Includes five-step method for data types to ensure students have thorough knowledge of the topic.

Teaches students to work with the Java Class Libraries and emphasizes software reuse.

The Phases of Software Development.

Specification, Design, Implementation.

Running Time Analysis.

Testing and Debugging.

Abstract Data Types and Java Classes.

Classes and Their Members.

Using a Class.

Packages.

Parameters, Equals Methods, and Clones.

Collection Classes.

A Review of Java Arrays.

An ADT for a Bag of Integers.

Programming Project: The Sequence ADT.

Applets for Interactive Testing.

Linked Lists.

Fundamentals of Linked Lists.

Methods for Manipulating Nodes.

Manipulating an Entire Linked List.

The Bag ADT with a Linked List.

Programming Project: The Sequence ADT with a Linked List.

Arrays vs. Linked Lists vs. Doubly Linked Lists.

Java Objects and Iterators.

Java's Object Type.

A Bag of Objects.

JCL Collections and Nodes of Objects.

Iterators.

Stacks.

Introduction to Stacks.

Stack Applications.

Implementations of the Stack ADT.

More Complex Stack Applications.

Queues.

Introduction to Queues.

Queue Applications.

Implementations of the Queue.

ADT.

Priority Queues.

Recursive Thinking.

Recursive Methods.

Studies of Recursion: Fractals and Mazes.

Reasoning about Recursion.

Trees.

Introduction to Trees.

Tree Representations.

A Class for Binary Tree Nodes.

Tree Traversals.

Binary Search Trees.

Tree Projects.

Heaps.

B-Trees.

Trees, Logs, and Time Analysis.

Searching.

Serial Search and Binary Search.

Open-Address Hashing.

Using Java's Hashtable Class.

Chained Hashing.

Time Analysis of Hashing.

Sorting.

Quadratic Sorting Algorithms.

Recursive Sorting Algorithms.

An O(N LOG N) Algorithm Using a Heap.

Software Reuse with Extended Classes.

Extended Classes.

Simulation of an Ecosystem.

Using Extended Classes for ADTs.

Graphs.

Graph Definitions.

Graph Implementations.

Graph Traversals.

Path Algorithms.

Appendices.

Java's Primitive Types and Arithmetic Overflow.

Java Input.

Throwing and Catching Java Exceptions.

Java's Vector and Hashtable.

A Class for Nodes in a Linked List.

A Class for a Bag of Objects.

Further Big-O Notation.

Javadoc. 0201357445T04062001

Java Data Structures (Computer Science)

Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, 3/E
Main
©2006 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 832 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321375254 | ISBN-13: 9780321375254
Net price: $85.50 (What's this?)Brief Description

Michael Main’s gentle approach to data structures and objects has introduced thousands of beginning programmers to foundational data structures using the practical Java language. This Third Edition makes the most of the enhancements and advantages of Java 5.0 including the use of generic data types.

An early group of chapters reviews the key aspects of object-oriented programming giving students the foundation for understanding significant programming concepts. With this framework they are able to accomplish writing functional data structures by using a five-step method for working with data types; understanding the data type abstractly, writing a specification, using the data type, designing and implementing the data type, and analyzing the implementation. Students learn to think analytically about the efficiency and efficacy of design while gaining exposure to useful Java classes libraries.

The flexibility of Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java allows instructors to structure their course around a certain emphasis, such as early coverage of recursion and sorting, or to accelerate the pace of the course.

Author Bios
Backcover Copy

Michael Main is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As a chairman of the undergraduate committee, he participated in the University's development and implementation of the Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science. Recognized as gifted teacher of undergraduates, he has incorporated many of his innovative teaching techniques into his Addison-Wesley textbooks.

0201357445AB04062001

In this book, author Michael Main takes a gentle approach to the data structures course in Java. The text offers an early, self-contained review of object-oriented programming and Java to give students a firm grasp of key concepts, and allows students with a variety of backgrounds to adjust easily. This book offers a flexibility that allows professors such options as emphasizing object-oriented programming, covering recursion and sorting early, or accelerating the pace of the course. MainIs book meets the needs of professors searching for a book to balance the introduction of object-oriented programming and data structures with Java.

Features

Offers a flexible ordering of topics so professors can tailor the book to meet their course needs
Teaches students how to specify, design, implement, and use classes based on the Java Class Libraries
Consistently uses a five-step method for working with data types to ensure students have a thorough knowledge of the subject: understand the data type abstractly, write a specification, use the data type, design and implement the data type, and analyze the implementation
Shows students how to write Java Applets to test newly implemented data structures

0201357445B04062001

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