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Data Structures, Algorithms, and Software Principles in C | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas A. Standish
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 488765
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 748
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0201591189
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780201591187
ASIN: 0201591189
Publication Date: October 10, 1994
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Develops the concepts and theory of data structures and algorithm analysis in a gradual, step-by-step manner, proceeding from concrete examples to abstract principles. DLC: C (Computer program language)
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 Terrific! Withstanding the test of time.. December 5, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a terrific textbook for readers in the software development field utilizing C. It covers the foundation of data structures, C programming language, and software algorithms quite extensively. Presently, the textbook is 10 years old and it is not obsolete yet. I think it should be relevant for the next decade or so.
 Don't bother with this book November 14, 2004
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although this books claims to be a book for a second course in computer science, I disagree completely. Although it does have excellent diagrammatical representations of the underlying theory and concepts behind the data structures presented in the book, the explanations are extremely lacking. It is more of a discussion among computer scientists who already understand the concepts presented, as it just touches on a few points and leaves the rest our completely. I am using this book for a Data Structures class (which happens to be the second computer science course offered at my university) and it really has been a painful experience. The problem is that it will show you small pieces of the code needed to implement the data structures, and discusses them in general, but it doesn't give you enough to use if you don't quite understand and want to play around with some simple code until you do. I have had to either use code provided by my professor, or have gone online to find random course websites with a simple implementation of a particular data structure. It seems that, as an introduction to data structures, it fails; and if you already understand the material you would follow the book, but if you already understand it, you wouldn't be reading the book anyway. Skip this book! I wish I had another one to recommend in its place, but I haven't been able to find one.
This is a difficult book September 24, 2001
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have used this book in my data structures class. It has some good points. It covers each and every data structure in depth and discusses multiple implementations of each of them. It also makes liberal use of diagrams showing what the data structure is supposed to be doing in memory at that time. The problem with it is that it deals with everything very theoretically, often times letting the user puzzle out the implementations themselves. It is overly wordy, the explanations could be cut in half and made much more to the point without loosing anything. I don't know about anyone else but I like to be taught how to do something and then play with it for understanding. I don't like to have the entire theory of what is supposed to happen explained to me in the abstract and then being left to get it or not. Although there are people who learn best this way. If you are one of them then by all means pick up this book. My over all feeling is that it makes you work overly hard to acquire the knowledge that it presents.Contents Chapter 1 - Preparing for the Journey Chapter 2 - Linked Data Representations Chapter 3 - Introduction to Recursion Chapter 4 - Modularity and Data Abstraction Chapter 5 - Introduction to Software Engineering Concepts Chapter 6 - Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms Chapter 7 - Linear Data Structures - Stacks and Queues Chapter 8 - Lists, Strings, and Dynamic Memory Allocation Chapter 9 - Trees Chapter 10 - Graphs Chapter 11 - Hashing and the Table ADT Chapter 12 - External Collections of Data Chapter 13 - Sorting Chapter 14 - Advanced Recursion Chapter 15 - Object-Oriented Programming Chapter 16 - Advanced Software Engineering Appendix - Math Reference and Tutorial
Annoying to read July 10, 2000
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Covers all the topics, but in an academic and wordy fashion. not worth the money. he simply does not explain thing that well.
 Poor organization February 20, 2000
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is very poorly organised. The previous reviewer said that Standish emphasized data abstraction and modularity. This is true, but his approach is the typical "give examples and hope the reader learns from just the examples". A better approach would be to say it first before giving the example. Unfortunately Standish does not do this. If you're like me and don't like learning simply from examples, then don't get this book.
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