Data Structures Lectures for Spring 2012
Lecture |
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Topics |
Overheads |
Handouts |
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01 |
Jan 10 |
Algorithm Complexity Analysis |
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02 |
Jan 12 |
Revisit Complexity Analysis, searching, selection sort |
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03 |
Jan 17 |
Bubble sort, recursion review, and divide-and-Conquer vs. dynamic programming |
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Recursion and Divide-and-Conquer vs. Dynamic Programming Questions |
04 |
Jan 19 |
Python “Review”: classes |
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05 |
Jan 24 |
Pydoc, pyunit testing |
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06 |
Jan 26 |
Collections overview, array vs. linked tradeoffs |
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07 |
Jan 31 |
More on Array vs. linked tradeoffs; Textbook's Array class |
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08 |
Feb 02 |
Stack implementations |
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09 |
Feb 07 |
Queue implementations |
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10 |
Feb 09 |
Stack Applications and Priority Queue implementations |
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11 |
Feb 14 |
Review for Test 1 |
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12 |
Feb 16 |
Test 1: Chapters 11 – 14 |
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13 |
Feb 21 |
List types and Positional List Implementations and Iterators |
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14 |
Feb 23 |
Heap, Merge, and Quick Sorts |
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15 |
Feb 28 |
Quick Sort with analysis and coin-change problem divide-and-conquer |
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16 |
Mar 01 |
Coin-change backtracking vs. dynamic programming |
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17 |
Mar 06 |
Binary Tree terminology and operations Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree implementation |
Binary tree terminology, operations and implementation questions |
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18 |
Mar 08 |
Binary Search Tree implementation |
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Spring Break: March 12 – March 16 |
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19 |
Mar 20 |
Intro. To AVL trees |
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20 |
Mar 22 |
Continue AVL trees |
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21 |
Mar 27 |
Review for Test 2 |
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22 |
Mar 29 |
Test 2: Chapters: 15-17 and sections 18.9-18.11 on Heaps |
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23 |
Apr 03 |
Hash table implementations |
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24 |
Apr 05 |
File data structures: Hashing and B+ Trees |
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25 |
Apr 10 |
Deletion from B+ trees and graph introduction |
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26 |
Apr 12 |
Graph Implementation and DFS Traversal |
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27 |
Apr 17 |
Graph Algorithms: Prim's Min.-Spanning Tree and Dijkstra's Shortest Path |
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28 |
Apr 19 |
Graph Algorithms: Traveling-Salesperson (TSP) Problem |
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29 |
Apr 24 |
Finish TSP Approximation Algorithm |
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30 |
Apr 26 |
Review for Final Exam |
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Final Exam, Tuesday (May 1) 8-9:50 AM in ITT 328 |