Quick Data Structures
Published on 22. July 2025
169 pages
978-1-040-36777-3 (ISBN)
Description
If you want to upgrade your programming skills, the most important thing you need is a solid understanding of fundamental data structures. The proper choice of data structures distinguishes excellent programmers from merely competent ones.
As an experienced programmer, you use data structures-at least arrays-all the time. However, you may not be familiar with hash tables, trees and binary trees, priority queues, directed and undirected graphs, and other data structures at your disposal.
A good choice of data structures will simplify your job, not complicate it. Your code will be not only faster but also easier to understand and debug. There is no downside to using the right data structures for the job.
This book
Provides an understanding of the fundamental building blocks of data structures
Describes the construction and use of all common data structures
Explains the simple math required for selecting efficient data structures
Equips you with everything you need to choose data structures or devise appropriate new ones
As an experienced programmer, you use data structures-at least arrays-all the time. However, you may not be familiar with hash tables, trees and binary trees, priority queues, directed and undirected graphs, and other data structures at your disposal.
A good choice of data structures will simplify your job, not complicate it. Your code will be not only faster but also easier to understand and debug. There is no downside to using the right data structures for the job.
This book
Provides an understanding of the fundamental building blocks of data structures
Describes the construction and use of all common data structures
Explains the simple math required for selecting efficient data structures
Equips you with everything you need to choose data structures or devise appropriate new ones
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 Tables, black and white; 48 Line drawings, black and white; 48 Illustrations, black and white
File size
7,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-36777-3 (9781040367773)
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David Matuszek
Quick Data Structures
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07/2025
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CRC Press
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Quick Data Structures
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07/2025
1st Edition
CRC Press
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Person
David Matuszek was the Director of the Master's in Computer and Information Technology program at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2001-2017). With 40 years' teaching experience and 45 years' programming experience, Dr. Matuszek is skilled in both the design of innovative software systems and in teaching others how to master programming languages in an accessible and engaging way.
Content
1. Building Blocks. 2. Essential Math. 3. Hash Tables and Hash Maps I. 4. Recursion. 5. Stacks, Queues, and Deques. 6. Linked Lists. 7. Binary Trees. 8. Priority Queues. 9. Heaps. 10. Trees. 11. Graphs. 12. Hypergraphs. 13. Algorithm Types.
