The document outlines the course structure for a Data Structures class in the B. Tech program, detailing objectives, units, and outcomes. It covers linear and non-linear data structures, including linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and hashing techniques. The course aims to equip students with the skills to efficiently organize and manipulate data through various data structures and algorithms.
The document outlines the course structure for a Data Structures class in the B. Tech program, detailing objectives, units, and outcomes. It covers linear and non-linear data structures, including linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and hashing techniques. The course aims to equip students with the skills to efficiently organize and manipulate data through various data structures and algorithms.
The document outlines the course structure for a Data Structures class in the B. Tech program, detailing objectives, units, and outcomes. It covers linear and non-linear data structures, including linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and hashing techniques. The course aims to equip students with the skills to efficiently organize and manipulate data through various data structures and algorithms.
The document outlines the course structure for a Data Structures class in the B. Tech program, detailing objectives, units, and outcomes. It covers linear and non-linear data structures, including linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and hashing techniques. The course aims to equip students with the skills to efficiently organize and manipulate data through various data structures and algorithms.
I Year-II Semester L T P C 3 0 0 3 DATA STRUCTURES (Common to CSE, IT & allied branches)
Course Objectives: • Understand the significance of linear data structures in problem-solving and basic time/space complexity analysis. • Create and manage linked lists to efficiently organize and manipulate data, emphasizing memory efficiency. • Implement and apply stacks to manage program flow and solve problems involving expression evaluation and backtracking. • Utilize queues to model real-world scenarios, such as process scheduling and breadth-first search algorithms and understand the versatility of deques and prioritize data management using priority queues. • Impart basic understanding of non-linear data structures such as trees. • Explore basic concepts of hashing and apply it to solve problems requiring fast data retrieval and management.
UNIT I Introduction to Linear Data Structures: Definition and importance of linear data structures, Abstract data types (ADTs) and their implementation, Overview of time and space complexity analysis for linear data structures. Searching Techniques: Linear & Binary Search, Sorting Techniques: Bubble sort, Selection sort, Insertion Sort
UNIT II Linked Lists: Singly linked lists, representation and operations, doubly linked lists and circular linked lists, Comparing arrays and linked lists, Applications of linked lists.
UNIT III Stacks: Introduction to stacks: properties and operations, implementing stacks using arrays and linked lists, Applications of stacks in expression evaluation, backtracking, reversing list etc.
UNIT IV Queues: Introduction to queues: properties and operations, implementing queues using arrays and linked lists, Applications of queues in breadth-first search, scheduling, etc. Deques: Introduction to deques (double-ended queues), Operations on deques and their applications.
UNIT V Trees: Introduction to Trees, Binary Search Tree – Insertion, Deletion & Traversals Hashing: Brief introduction to hashing and hash functions, Collision resolution techniques: chaining and open addressing, Hash tables: basic implementation and operations, Applications of hashing in unique identifier generation, caching, etc.
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Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, Student will be able to
• Explain the role of linear data structures in organizing and accessing data efficiently in algorithms. • Design, implement, and apply linked lists for dynamic data storage, demonstrating understanding of memory allocation. • Develop programs using stacks to handle recursive algorithms, manage program states, and solve related problems. • Apply queue-based algorithms for efficient task scheduling and breadth-first traversal in graphs and distinguish between deques and priority queues, and apply them appropriately to solve data management challenges. • Devise novel solutions to small scale programming challenges involving data structures such as stacks, queues, Trees • Recognize scenarios where hashing is advantageous, and design hash-based solutions for specific problems.
Textbooks: 1. Data Structures and algorithm analysis in C, Mark Allen Weiss, Pearson, 2nd Edition. 2. Fundamentals of data structures in C, Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni, Susan Anderson-Freed, Silicon Press, 2008
Reference Books: 1. Algorithms and Data Structures: The Basic Toolbox by Kurt Mehlhorn and Peter Sanders 2. C Data Structures and Algorithms by Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman, and John E. Hopcroft 3. Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures" by Brad Miller and David Ranum 4. Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein 5. Algorithms in C, Parts 1-5 (Bundle): Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching, and Graph Algorithms" by Robert Sedgewick
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