Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java

Livro digital

Título:
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java

Autor:
Clifford A. Shaffer

Categoria:
Tecnologia > Backend

Doador:
Raffaello D. N.

Sinopse:
If you need to build fast, reliable programs, this book starts where performance decisions actually begin: with the tradeoffs between data organization, algorithms, and the cost of design choices. Its opening sequence moves from “Data Structures and Algorithms” into “Mathematical Preliminaries” and then a full chapter on “Algorithm Analysis,” so the reader is pushed to think about costs, benefits, and asymptotic behavior before diving into implementations. From there, the table of contents lays out a classic but thorough progression: lists, stacks, queues, binary trees, non-binary trees, internal sorting, file processing and external sorting, searching, indexing, graphs, and advanced tree structures. Later parts go further into recurrence relations, amortized analysis, lower bounds, dynamic programming, randomized algorithms, numerical methods, and even the limits of computation, including NP-completeness and the Halting Problem. The result is a structured textbook that teaches both how to implement core data structures in Java and how to reason about them rigorously. Its mix of exercises, projects, and theory makes it especially useful for students who need more than syntax-level guidance, and for readers who want a solid foundation in algorithmic thinking that carries from everyday coding to advanced CS topics.