DSA 1 Note-An Introduction
DSA 1 Note-An Introduction
DSA 1 Note-An Introduction
(ESO1-CSE 201)
Unit Lecture
Topics to be Covered Learning Outcome
No. Hours
Binary search algorithm, binary trees, binary-search- Learning of efficient searching solution using
3 tree data-structure, Balanced binary-search-tree: 7 binary tree and their variations
Red-Black trees,
Bubble, Insertion, Merge, Heap and quicksort Understanding of various sorting algorithms
4 6
Sorting algorithms with varying complexity
Greedy paradigm with examples, Divide and learning of various algorithm paradigms with
5 conquer paradigm with examples, Dynamic- 6 application in example problems
programming paradigm with examples
Definition of graphs, paths, trees, cycles. Data Understanding of graph data structure with
structures for graphs: adjacency lists, adjacency their representation, traversal methods,
matrix. Graph algorithms: Depth First Search, Learning of shortest path problem and various
6 7
Breadth First Search, Minimum Spanning tree, standard shortest path algorithms
Dijkstra’s, Bellman ford and Floyd Warshell’s
shortest path algorithms
Naive, Automata based, KMP String matching Understanding of various string matching
7 4
algorithms algorithms with varying complexity
Text Books:
1. J .P . Tremblay and P. G . Sorenson, An Introduction to Data Structures with Application, Tata Mc-Graw Hill.
2. Horowitz and Sahani, Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms, Galgotia
3. Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein, Introduction to Algorithms, Prentice Hall of India, 3rd Edition, 2010.
Reference Books:
1. AV Aho, J Hopcroft, JD Ullman, Data Structures and Algorithms, Addison- Wesley, 1983.
2. MT Goodrich, R Tamassia, DM Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, 5th Ed., Wiley, 2010.
What is Data Structure?
A way of organizing all data items that considers not only data elements stored but also
their logical relationships to each other.
Examples: Array, Tree, graph etc.
Tree: