Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java (2nd Edition) |  | Author: Mark Allen Weiss
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 576
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.1 x 1
ISBN: 0321370139
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780321370136
ASIN: 0321370139
Publication Date: March 3, 2006
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Product Description
As the speed and power of computers increases, so does the need for effective programming and algorithm analysis. By approaching these skills in tandem, Mark Allen Weiss teaches readers to develop well-constructed, maximally efficient programs in Java. A full language update to Java 5.0 throughout the text--particularly its use of generics-adds immeasurable value to this advanced study of data structures and algorithms. This Second Edition features integrated coverage of the Java Collections Library as well as a complete revision of lists, stacks, queues, and trees. Weiss clearly explains topics from binary heaps to sorting to NP-completeness, and dedicates a full chapter to amortized analysis and advanced data structures and their implementation. Figures and examples illustrating successive stages of algorithms contribute to Weiss' careful, rigorous and in-depth analysis of each type of algorithm. A logical organization of topics and full access to source code compliment the text's coverage.
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 An awesome advanced data structures & algorithms book November 13, 2009
Arun Rangarajan
This book is quite advanced as many others have written in their reviews. Maybe it should have had a "pre-requisites" section, telling what background the author expects from the reader. BUT with that said, I love this book and could not put it down from the time I started reading it.
Weiss has driven the points across very well. Right from page 1 the book is quite exciting to read. Weiss stresses the importance of recursion and shows many good (and a bad) uses of recursion. Chapter 2 illustrates bad and good algorithms with elegant examples - all the algorithms and their computational complexities are explained in detail very well in Sec. 2.4.3. I could not wait to get to the O(N) algorithm, and then there is the surprise - it is so simple, what the heck am I missing? And then you realize you are not dumb and the short program does involve some serious intelligence behind it!
This book has really flexed my mind very well and I love reading it! I am sure I will learn a lot more as I read more from it. And I feel this book does not deserve a poor 3-point rating and does deserve more 5-point ratings by advanced readers.
 book was stolen from a library?? September 11, 2009
L. A. CALHOUN (New York, NY USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Condition of the book is acceptable, somewhat used and marked up. No problem with delivery. BUT:
This is evidently a book from a college library, with the library name, stamp and barcode still in it, and a due date less than 2 months before I purchased this book. The RFID set off alarms when I carried the book into the library at our university here.
I checked the library's website and this book is listed as Missing. It's upsetting to find I am at the receiving end of a book that was either improperly removed from a library or stolen from the person who checked it out. I would not patronize this seller again.
 Could have been better May 26, 2006
Brook Spearin (M) (Henderson, NV)
I felt the author has a firm understanding of the concepts and truly what he wanted to convey, but this book lacked a great deal for beginners or newcomers to Java. Far too many of the examples were tough to understand and in many cases simply un-answered. This is not a book for beginners.
Not as good as I expected February 24, 2006
Juho Andelmin (Finland)
It is a nice book but i expected something better. I don't know what it is but something is missing here. I like the C/C++ version of this book better for some serious learning. On the other hand this is a good opportunity to learn java programming at the same time if you haven't mastered it yet.
not a book for beginners September 28, 2005
FizzWiz (Pittsburgh, PA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you don't know Java, don't expect to be able to learn the things you need to for a class. If you learned how to do alorgithms in mathematics, it may not be enough for computer science. You probably want to get a supplemental or two if you have to get this book for class. It is quite advanced and a hard read.
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