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Data Abstraction and Problem Solving With C++: Walls and Mirrors (Hardcover)

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Focusing on data abstraction and data structures, the second edition of this very successful books continues to emphasize the needs of both the instructor and the student. The book illustrates the role of classes and abstract data types (ADTs) in the problem-solving process as the foundation for an object-oriented approach. Throughout the text, the distinction between specification and implementation is continually stressed. The text covers major applications of ADTs, such as searching a flight map and performing an event-driven simulation. It also offers early, extensive coverage of recursion and uses this technique in many examples and exercises. Overall, the lucid writing style, widespread use of examples, and flexible coverage of the material have helped make this a leading book in the field. New in this Edition:

Uses recent enhancements to C++, such as data type bool and C++ strings

States ADT operations in English, specifies them in pseudocode, and finally implements them in C++. Students can see more clearly the progression from an informal statement of an operation to a more formal specification.

Offers new and revised examples of ADTs that clarify their relationships to classes as well as new coverage of dynamically allocated arrays and circuits

Provides more balance between numeric and nonnumeric examples of recursion

Contains many new exercises and programming problems



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New in this Edition Uses recent enhancements to C++, such as data type bool and C++ strings States ADT operations in English, specifies them in pseudocode, and finally implements them in C++. Students can see more clearly the progression from an informal statement of an operation to a more formal specification. Offers new and revised examples of ADTs that clarify their relationships to classes as well as new coverage of dynamically allocated arrays and circuits Provides more balance between numeric and nonnumeric examples of recursion Contains many new exercises and programming problems

** Instructor's materials are available from your sales rep.0201874024B04062001

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley; 2nd edition (November 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0201874024
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201874020
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,508,472 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best intorductory book for Data Structures, November 14, 1999
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This book does an excellent job of intorducing the mechanics of Data structures. A very useful book to refresh one's knowledge about data structures and get a rigororus insight in the subject in preparation for advanced studies in the area of Data Structures.

Good book for an introductory University course in Data Structures. This bok has been successfully used (and is still being used) as a standard textbook in an intro course in Data Structures at UT Austin

Prerequisites: Atleast 1 introductory programming course in any high level language (preferrably C++). A decent knowledge of C++. (no need of OOP knowledge). Reader should be prepared to seriously study this book. This is a full blown ACADEMIC book, not a tutoorial

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good down to earth data structures, March 18, 2001
By Duwayne Sy (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
If you want to learn data structures, this book has lots of good information. In fact, my university uses this book for its data structures class. This book also uses c++ but no STL. It would be nice to have STL since we want the code to be reusable for any objects.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it and keep it near for reference, December 10, 2004
This review is from: Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with C++: Walls and Mirrors (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
This book is one of the best of its kind that I have read.
It is very descriptive and contains a lot of good examples on the subjects.
It describes the construction of a lot of the collection classes like lists, trees, queues etc. and how this is most efficiently sorted and structured.
Other subjects are graphs, the Big "O" Notation for evaluation of algorithm performance and a very good description on how and when to use recursion (The mirrors).
All subjects are described in detail with great examples.
To further test if the subjects have been understood a self-test section is at the end of each chapter (and the answers are in the back of book).
The reader of the book should have some knowledge of object-oriented design, but besides that the code is fairly easy to read.
In short it's a buy.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Wasted money
Don't be confused by the 5 star reviews. This book is horrible and can only be trumped by the 5th edition of the same title (sadly I know first hand). Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jeff Haskell

5.0 out of 5 stars Ive never read a better book than this.
So clear and so thorough. From LLs to stacks to queues to trees anything and everything you need is in this book. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book "Data Abstraction...."
"Algorithms and Data Structures" is a huge field.
Lot of algorithms and data structures are used in todays computer software of variuos types. Read more
Published on November 7, 2004 by Sakchai Praditwatthana

2.0 out of 5 stars no complete code inside, messy descriptions
Before you read this book, I suggest that you have at least 2 years experiences on C++. Otherwise you will suffer from this book.
Published on June 2, 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars too wordy, not concise
This book repeats the same thing again and again, not so concise. I have the feeling of wasting my time when I read this book. no any pace.... Read more
Published on February 25, 2004 by reader

1.0 out of 5 stars poor content
50% is murmur.

You can spend the money to buy other better book.
Don't waste money on this.

Published on January 11, 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars TOTAL MONEY WASTER!
This book is only worth it if you already know Data Structures/Data Abstraction. You should only buy if you have been doing this for years and want to refresh your mind. Read more
Published on February 14, 2003 by ooltsg

1.0 out of 5 stars EXTREMELY CONFUSING AND VAGUE. A MONEY WASTER!
This book is only worth it if you already know Data Structures/Data Abstraction. You should buy it only if you have been doing this for years and want to refresh your mind. Read more
Published on February 14, 2003 by ooltsg

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor explanations/examples. I implore: Don't even bother!
It all starts clearly, but as you start reading the second chapter, the book becomes very vague and offers only unclear examples and unexplained deductions. Read more
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