Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java: Amazon.ca: Bruno R. Preiss: Books

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Create sound software designs with data structures that use modern object-oriented design patterns! Author Bruno Preiss presents the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms from a modern, object-oriented perspective. The text promotes object-oriented design using Java and illustrates the use of the latest object-oriented design patterns. Virtually all the data structures are discussed in the context of a single class hierarchy. This framework clearly shows the relationships between data structures and illustrates how polymorphism and inheritance can be used effectively. Key Features of the Text
* All data structures are presented using a common framework. This shows the relationship between the data structures and how they are implemented.
* Object-oriented design patterns are used to demonstrate how a good design fits together and transcends the problem at hand.
* A single Java software design is used throughout the text to provide a better understanding of the operation of complicated data structures.
* Just-in-time presentation of mathematical analysis techniques introduces students to mathematical concepts as needed.
Visit the Text's Web Site A comprehensive web site is available for users of the text at www.wiley.com/college/preiss. The site includes:
* The Web Book (a hypertext version of the complete book)
* Links to the Java Source Code (all the program examples from the text)
* Opus5 Package (a Java package comprised of all the source code from the text)
* Documentation (source code documentation)
* Demo Applets (various Java applets that illustrate data structures and algorithms from the text)
* Archive (JAR format archive of the source code from the text)
* Front Matter (table of contents and preface)
* Solutions Manual (password required)
* Errata

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Create sound software designs with data structures that use modern object-oriented design patterns! Author Bruno Preiss presents the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms from a modern, object-oriented perspective. The text promotes object-oriented design using Java and illustrates the use of the latest object-oriented design patterns. Virtually all the data structures are discussed in the context of a single class hierarchy. This framework clearly shows the relationships between data structures and illustrates how polymorphism and inheritance can be used effectively. Key Features of the Text
* All data structures are presented using a common framework. This shows the relationship between the data structures and how they are implemented.
* Object-oriented design patterns are used to demonstrate how a good design fits together and transcends the problem at hand.
* A single Java software design is used throughout the text to provide a better understanding of the operation of complicated data structures.
* Just-in-time presentation of mathematical analysis techniques introduces students to mathematical concepts as needed.
Visit the Text's Web Site A comprehensive web site is available for users of the text at www.wiley.com/college/preiss. The site includes:
* The Web Book (a hypertext version of the complete book)
* Links to the Java Source Code (all the program examples from the text)
* Opus5 Package (a Java package comprised of all the source code from the text)
* Documentation (source code documentation)
* Demo Applets (various Java applets that illustrate data structures and algorithms from the text)
* Archive (JAR format archive of the source code from the text)
* Front Matter (table of contents and preface)
* Solutions Manual (password required)
* Errata

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and Concise Text on Data Structures and Algorithms, Mar 16 2003

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This review is from: Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java (Hardcover)

When I was taking a second-year "Data Structures and Algorithms" course in Engineering, I used this book as my main reference (instead of the course-designated text by Mark Allen Weiss). I must say I am pleasantly surprised by the clarity and conciseness of Bruno Preiss' writing style. The definitions in this book are more mathematically oriented, which makes it an ideal academic text. The organization of the book is also superior. Each chapter flows very well to the next, building on top of the previous knowledge learned. A good textbook should effectively minimize the study time and effort on the students' part, while maximizing the acquired knowledge. This text achieves just that. It is a delightful read, and even now when I am at the graduate level, I still return to it whenever I need a quick recap of data structures (trees, heaps, graphs, etc.) and algorithms (sorting, dynamic programming, greedy, hashing, etc.). A minor complaint I have for this book is probably that it does not include a chapter on P versus NP (this oberservation is based on the C++ equivalent of this book). But overall, this is an excellent (possibly the best) introductory text on the subject, and would serve as an ideal stepping stone to the more advanced book "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not so much in quality, Dec 17 2002

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I know this book is used as a textbook in some computer engineering courses at my school. However, I do not belong to engineering, but I am a computer science undergraduate. :-) I've tried to help my friends who were having a lot of trouble implementing a binary tree. So to follow what they learned, I've looked at the book. Hmm. I sat there, and said "I'm lucky that my profs don't teach me algorithms like this." Some implementations did not make quite intuitive sense to me. Although I understood what the book was trying to illustrate, but I didn't see why such implementation would be intuitive and useful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I used this book at school, April 12 2001

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This review is from: Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java (Hardcover)

Hi, as an undergrad engineering student, I had this book for the coursebook in my algorithms course. Honestly speaking, it's good , very readable text. I never used any of the code examples fom the book in my assignments, yet they proved rather helpfull in understanding the material. Something, that I think is missing from this book is the answeres to the problems at the end of the chapter that are not programming projects. Ading them to the book could help students a lot ( no need to relay on TA's )

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2.0 out of 5 stars decent for soft eng, bad for data structures
As a second year student, the use of design patterns (see chapter 5) bothers me. It really detracts from what the author is trying to convey. Read more

Published on Mar 20 2001 by Matthew Ouyang

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe these other reviews...
Some people are reviewing this book as hard to read, confusing, and complaining that the code doesn't compile. Such is the state of higher education these days... Read more

Published on Mar 10 2001 by Travis Brooks