Robert Lafore has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, has worked as a systems analyst for the Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory, founded his own software company, and is a best-selling writer in the field of computer programming.
Some of his current titles are C++ Interactive Course and Object-Oriented Programming in C++. Earlier best-selling
titles include Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC and XT and (back at the beginning of the computer revolution)
Soul of CP/M.
Summary
Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, Second Edition is designed to be easy to read and understand although
the topic itself is complicated. Algorithms are the procedures that software programs use to manipulate data structures.
Besides clear and simple example programs, the author includes a workshop as a small demonstration program executable
on a Web browser. The programs demonstrate in graphical form what data structures look like and how they operate.
In the second edition, the program is rewritten to improve operation and clarify the algorithms, the example programs
are revised to work with the latest version of the Java JDK, and questions and exercises will be added at the end
of each chapter making the book more useful to readers.
Table of Contents
1. Overview.
2. Arrays.
3. Simple Sorting.
4. Stacks and Queues.
5. Linked Lists.
6. Recursion.
7. Advanced Sorting.
8. Binary Trees.
9. Red-Black Trees.
10. 2-3-4 Trees and External Storage.
11. Hash Tables.
12. Heaps.
13. Graphs.
14. Weighted Graphs.
15. When to Use What.
Appendix A. Running the Workshop Applets and Example Programs.
