Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++ (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition

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In this text, readers are able to look at specific problems and see how careful implementations can reduce the time constraint for large amounts of data from several years to less than a second. Class templates are used to describe generic data structures and first-class versions of vector and string classes are used. Included is an appendix on a Standard Template Library (STL). This text is for readers who want to learn good programming and algorithm analysis skills simultaneously so that they can develop such programs with the maximum amount of efficiency. Readers should have some knowledge of intermediate programming, including topics as object-based programming and recursion, and some background in discrete math.

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Advanced Data Structures/Algorithms C++

Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++, 3/e

Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University

ISBN : 0-321-37531-9

Mark Allen Weiss teaches readers to reduce time constraints and develop programs efficiently by analyzing an algorithm’s feasibility before it is coded. His innovative approach to advanced algorithms and data structures simultaneously develops sound algorithm analysis and programming skills.

The Third Edition features a full C++ language update and incorporation of the Standard Template Library. There is new treatment of lists, stacks, queues, and trees, and an entire chapter dedicated to amortized analysis and advanced data structures such as the Fibonacci heap.

Highlights of the Third Edition

• All code has been updated and tested to ensure compliance with the ANSI/ISO C++ standards

• Standard Template Library fully incorporated throughout the text

• Completely revised coverage of lists, stacks, and queues in Chapter 3

• Readability enhanced by fresh interior design with new figures and examples

• End-of-chapter exercises, ranked by difficulty, reinforce key chapter concepts

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Hardcover: 586 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 3 edition (March 10, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 032144146X
ISBN-13: 978-0321441461
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1 x 9.3 inches
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Not A Stand Alone Text

ByMacky Cracklinson December 15, 2010

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If you can understand all the examples in this book, then you're name is Mark Allen Weiss. You will need other references unless you have a good instructor that can explain it to you. Are there better books on Algorithms available? Not that I have found. The code that Weiss has available from his website may or may not be complete. For example, the Vector class is missing line 71 "int numToCopy = newCapacity < theSize ? newCapacity : theSize;".

Weiss is releasing a new version of this in fall of 2011.

A good supplement to go along with this book is Clifford Shaffer's "A Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis: Third Edition". Shaffer offers his book for free on his website at Virginia Tech.

"Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition" by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein is good.

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Not Bad, Not Good Either

ByHermin Hollerith, Maker of Tacky Wreaths in the 70'sVINE VOICEon December 10, 2009

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This is the biggest problem with the text book (from the author's web site at [...])

"This is the only way to get solutions. I do not have any copies of solutions manuals. As a matter of policy, I cannot provide answers to questions in the text, because it is impossible for me to determine if I would be doing somebody's homework. Thus, I must decline to answer the growing number of emails that request such assistance. "

Mr. Weiss, I respectfully disagree. While it is not your job to *do* someone's homework, it is your job to help them find their way. Certainly, not via email. But there's an implied contract when the book is purchased that there will be sufficient methods of gaining proficiency. Aside from trying to write the data structures on your own, there is no other way. The questions are pointless if the only way to get a solution manual is to be an instructor and buy it from the publisher's sales rep, you're cheating the student out of what you were paid to do! Take the time to create more questions, supply only the even or odd answers, but for God's sake have mercy upon the souls of the students stuck for 16 weeks with your book!

With that out of the way, and assuming that you're a motivated student who digs computers, this book isn't bad at all. There are some notable problems as indicated in other reviews. The path to examples can be poorly laid out, and the source code can be confusing. And at times, the book can lean into confusing the reader to the point of making them give up.

An example of this is on page 161 discussing B-Trees and sizing M and L. Mr. Weiss gives a run down of how to select these variables for the B-Tree, using sentences such as "32M-32 bytes". Uhm, in the context of "32M and 32 bytes", is that 32 megabytes or 32 times the variable M? Seems it could go either way, depending upon where the reader's mind has drifted. He does it again in the next sentence. The answer is that Mr. Weiss is talking about variable M, not M for megabytes. Quite possibly, a math major (or minor) would see this with little effort, but this is just one example of many where it's just not clear enough.

Graphs and their algorithms is probably the best part of the book. Here the writing is careful, with a pace that makes some rather confusing concepts easy to grasp.

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Not readable at all!

ByMatton April 27, 2011

Format: Hardcover

This book was the required text book for my 3rd computer science course. The previous two courses used the book, C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures by Malik. I used to read that book every night because I enjoyed it so much. But not this book!

Reading this book is like talking to those kind of people who intentionally talk over your head just to prove how smart they are. The examples are terrible, and more emphasis is put on runtime cost than actually explaining the algorithm. I understand it's a book about algorithm analysis, but I do expect the algorithm to be explained before its cost is analyzed.

I'm pretty sure the author could make tying a shoe seem like the most daunting task in the world.

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Horrible Book

ByJohn Chongon October 17, 2011

Format: Hardcover

the explanations in the book are very unclear. he does not give enough example and when he does, he does not really explain the example. verbose explanations with very little substance. the funny thing is that i already knew and understood most of the data structures in this book because my previous class had cover most of the it. even with that knowledge, i still found this book unclear and useless. i ended up using the book i used for my previous class instead, which is called "Data Abstraction & Problem Solving with C++ (5th Edition) ". it is a much better book. however, there are more advanced topics in this book that my previous book did not cover, so for those topics, i ended up using youtube and the internet to help me understand because this book sucks and my professor is equally horrible. THIS BOOK IS USELESS, the only i got this book was for class.

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Pretty garbage textbook

ByStudenton November 5, 2012

Format: Hardcover

The coding style is fairly outdated and heavily abstracted.
Simple code examples use C++ vectors when all that's necessary is an array.

The professor for my class wrote a 100 page supplement because this textbook lacked the information our class needed to cover the material for the course.

I'm selling trading this in once the quarter ends, what a waste.

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Horrible text book

ByDarren Groveon September 24, 2008

Format: Hardcover

The person who wrote this book thinks he's the worlds smartest man. He assumes you know everything, and thus makes steps in examples with no explanation beyond "obviously the next step is...". I would not recommend this book to anyone.

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Ridiculously unhelpful for how expensive it is

ByMark Tauschon January 25, 2014

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I had to get this book for a algorithms course and it was a complete waste of money. There was nothing (to my knowledge) in this book that you couldn't find on the internet for free. It had some interesting exercises but for the price I would expect much more

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