Data Structures and Algorithms for Engineers and Scientists

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Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 121 Corequisite(s): NONE Introduction to data structures and the algorithms for manipulating them. Review of composite data types such as arrays, records, strings, and sets. The following data structures will be introduced: stacks, queues, linked lists, hash tables, trees and graphs. Object-oriented concepts such as data encapsulation, classes, and inheritance will be covered. Topics include: the role of the abstract data type in program design, definition, implementation and application of data structures; recursion; use of time-complexity expressions in evaluating algorithms; comparative study of sorting and searching algorithms.