Which is the best book on Data structures to refer to?
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There are many good books on Data Structures, but I found these two books very useful:
Introduction to Algorithms and The Algorithm Design Manual, the second one though is more about algorithms.
omermuhammed
2008-12-14 09:17:04
ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells
2008-12-14 09:36:58
intro to algorithms is the book I'm using right now for algorithms class. It's pretty big but a pretty good book too.
DShook
2008-12-14 19:44:42
I don't think Algorithm Design Manual can serve as a data structures text book. First: it is mainly an algorithm book. Second: it includes quite lot of maths, it is dense and in places it suffers from poor language. It is a book for fairly advanced learners.
Jahanzeb Farooq
2009-09-18 10:18:14
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The ancient Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs by Niklaus Wirth is recommended by some (see customer reviews on the Amazon page). Be warned - it uses Pascal examples and old terminology.
gimel
2008-12-14 09:23:12
If it was good enough for me, it's good enough for anyone! But more seriously: A very good book to learn from, but not if you want to look up and copy solutions. (And that's not just because it uses Pascal.)
Thomas Padron-McCarthy
2010-09-03 16:00:19
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Seeing as you have a C and C++ tag, Algorithms in C++ by Robert Sedgewick is excellent. I personally started with Knuth's book which used to be the standard reference for a long time, but I'd say it is a bit dated at this stage.
Shane MacLaughlin
2008-12-14 12:05:54
I have the 1973 edition (2 vols), which is a great couple of books, but certainly getting on.
Shane MacLaughlin
2008-12-16 07:43:17
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Data Structures and Algorithms by Aho, Hopcroft, and Ullman. A classic text on the subject.
mxg
2008-12-14 19:30:33
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Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++ by Bruno Preiss http://www.brpreiss.com
Roger Nelson
2008-12-16 04:50:08
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Like others have said, Introduction to Algorithms is amazing. It was the textbook for one of my college courses, and it's the one I've used the most outside of that class out of all my textbooks. What I like about it is it's all in very clear pseudo-code, so it's rather language agnostic.
Mongoose
2008-12-16 04:59:49
I used to use this in my Data Structure course but compared to other books it plain sucks. First of all, the examples are all Java, and I mean Java how you should NOT write it. Then, some chapters are shallow, while others are overly long.
Helper Method
2010-04-07 10:35:05
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The California State University at Sacramento chose Adam Drozdek's "Data Structures and Algorithms in Java", third edition (ISBN-13: 978-9814239233) for this semester's data structures course. I have found it to be helpful and insightful. Dr. Drozdek also maintains a C++ book with the same material: "Data Structures and Algorithms in C++".
schultkl
2009-11-27 04:04:09