Data Structures and Algorithms in Java

Book Preface

This book is intended for a second undergraduate course in computer science. I assume that the reader is familiar with the basic control structures of Java or C and with elementary concepts such as variables and decomposing a problem into functions (methods). Only a pre-calculus level of mathematics is expected.

Why Choose This Book?

This book has everything you would ever want in a data structures textbook: plentiful exercises, crystal-clear prose, code available on-line, and just the right amount of depth. Of course, every author claims as much. What makes this book different?

This book is distinguished by the following features:

• Use of new Java 1.5 features

• An unusually large number of diagrams, drawn in the Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• “Inverted pyramid” style, with the most important material up front

• Gradual introduction of abstract concepts

• Extensive use of games as examples