CMSC 341 Data Structures Fall 2007
Section 0101 (Tues/Thurs 10:00 - 11:15am, ITE 229)
Patti Ordóñez
Course Description
Data Structures are the paramount concern of this course. The principle
objective of the course is to help you learn how to design and analyze
a wide range of data structures.
The course covers data structures and associated algorithms.
Relationships among data structures, their utility in various
situations, and factors affecting their performance in algorithms will be considered. You will learn to analyze
the demands of algorithms, how to choose appropriate data structures,
and how to integrate data structures into algorithms.
Textbooks
Required: Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java,
2rd Edition, by Mark Alan Weiss, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-37013-9
Recommended:
- Your favorite Java reference book -- here are some of mine
- Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition by David Flanagan,
O'Reilly, 2005, ISBN 0-596-00773-6
- Thinking in Java, edition by Bruce Eckel, Prentice-Hall PTR, 2006, ISBN 0-131-87248-6. Available online at http://www.codeguru.com/java/tij/tij_c.shtml.
- Head First Java, Second Edition by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates,
O'Reilly, 2005, ISBN 0-596-00920-8
- Data structures and algorithms with object-oriented design patterns in Java by Bruno Preiss, Wiley, 1999.
- Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis by Clifford
Shaffer,
Prentice-Hall, 1996. This book has good coverage of data structures and
algorithm
analysis in C++. It has excellent descriptions of a number of data
structures.
- Data Structures, Algorithms, and Applications in Java by
Sartaj Sahni, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
- Data Structures and Algorithms by Alfred Aho, John
Hopcroft, and Jeffrey Ullman, Addison-Wesley, 1983. This is one of the
all-time classics, written in Pascal.
- Fundamentals of Data Structures in C++ by Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj
Sahni, and Dinesh Mehta, 2006. Update of another classic.
- Abstract Data Types by Nell Dale and Henry Walker, D.C.
Heath and Company, 1996. A high-level view of data structures and
algorithms,
with no programming language specified. A very worthwhile and modern
text
with an alternative viewpoint.
Prerequisites
We will assume that you have mastered the material from CMSC 201,
CMSC 202,
and CMSC
203. We will not review
material that has been covered in the prerequisite courses. We do cover
a few of the concepts from CMSC 202, but from a deeper
point-of-view. Since Java has not been covered in the prerequisite courses,
for this semester we will assume no prior knowledge of Java.
Grading
Your grade for this course will be based on
5 programming projects, 2 in-class exams and the final exam.
Each programming project is 8% of your grade, each exam is 20%
of your grade.
Note that the due dates for the projects and the
dates of the exams are already set (q.v., the syllabus and project
policy handout). Please plan your schedules accordingly. Makeup exams will be given
only under the most dire circumstances (almost never).
Your final letter grade is based on the standard formula:
0 <= F < 60, 60 <= D < 70, 70 <= C < 80,
80 <= B < 90, 90 <= A <= 100
These levels may be adjusted slightly in your favor, but grades will
not be ``curved'' in the conventional sense.
Your grade is given for timely work done during the semester;
incomplete grades will only be given for medical illness or other such
dire circumstances.
Attendance and Readings
You are expected to attend all lectures. You are responsible for all
material covered in the lecture, even if it is not in the textbook. You
should keep up with the assigned readings during the semester. Some
reading material will be distributed through the course web page. You
are responsible for the material in the readings, even if it is not
covered during lecture.
You must study to do well in this course. It will not be enough to
attend lectures and do the homework. As advanced undergraduates, you
will be responsible for learning material that is not necessarily
covered in lectures. A prime learning requirement is that you
contribute to class discussions and raise questions about the course
material.
Contacting Me or the TAs
Please feel free to visit me or the TAs during our office hours. If you
can't make it during the regular hours, please ask for an appointment.
We will do everything we can to be available to provide help with this
course. Office hours, phone numbers and other contact information is
available on-line. If you need to contact any of the course staff
outside of lecture and office hours, email is much better than the
telephone. You should, however, observe the following etiquette:
- Please do not email program code. If you want me or the TA to
help you debug your code submit the code in the usual way, and then
send email about the problem. We will look at the submitted code. Please,
do NOT
mail code to me or to the TA!
- Note that the Help Center does not offer help with code for this
course.
- Please use your your UMBC account to send mail. This will remove
any ambiguity about who you are.
- Include a meaningful subject line, something like "CMSC 341
Project 2 question."
Academic Integrity
Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. Instances of cheating will
be reported to the UMBC Academic Conduct Committee. These reports are
filed by the Committee and can be used for disciplinary action such as
a permanent record on your transcript. Academic honesty is absolutely
required of you. You are expected to be honest yourself and to report
any cases of dishonesty you see among other students in this class.
Reports of dishonest behavior will be kept anonymous.
Further details on honesty in doing projects for this course are
on-line at the Project
Policy link.
Students are welcome and encouraged to study together for exams, but
examinations are to be your own work -- not your neighbor's and not
your notes. All exams are closed-book, closed-notes. Only pencils (or
pens) and erasers are permitted in the exam room unless otherwise
indicated. Scratch paper is provided to you, as needed. Having any
other materials in your possession during an exam will be taken as
evidence of cheating and dealt with accordingly.
Class Schedule
| Class |
Date
|
Topic
|
Reading
|
| 1
| Thurs Aug 29
| Introduction and Java
| MAW 1
|
2
| Tues Sept 4
| Java and OOP
| MAW 1; tutorial
|
| Wed Sept 5
| Project 1 Assigned
|
|
3
| Thurs Sept 6
| Java and OOP
| MAW 1; tutorial
|
| 4
| Tues Sept 11
| Asymptotic Analysis
| MAW 2
|
| 5
| Thurs Sept 13
| Asymptotic Analysis
| MAW 2
|
| 6
| Tues Sept 18
| List ADT and Implementations
| MAW 3
|
| 7
| Thurs Sept 20
| Stacks and Queues
| MAW 3
|
| Fri Sept 21
| Project 1 Due
|
|
| 8
| Tues Sept 25
| Exam 1
| Classes 1 - 8
|
| Wed Sept 26
| Project 2 Assigned
|
|
| 9
| Thurs Sept 27
| Basic UI and Event Handling in Java
| Handouts
|
| 10
| Tues Oct 2
| TBD
|
|
| 12
| Thurs Oct 4
| Introduction to Trees
| MAW 4.1 & 4.2
|
12
| Tues Oct 9
| Binary Search Trees
| MAW 4.3
|
13
| Thurs Oct 11
| Binary Search Trees
| MAW 4.3
|
| Fri Oct 12
| Project 2 Due
|
|
| Mon Oct 15
| Project 3 Assigned
|
|
| 14
| Tues Oct 16
| Splay Trees
| MAW 4.5-6, 11.5
|
| 15
| Thurs Oct 18
| K-D Trees
| MAW 12.6
|
| 16
| Tues Oct 23
| Red-Black Trees
| MAW 12.2 + notes
|
| 17
| Thurs Oct 25
| Red-Black Trees
| MAW 12.2 + notes
|
| 18
| Tues Oct 30
| B-Trees
| MAW 4.7
|
| 19
| Thurs Nov 1
| B-Trees
| MAW 4.7
|
| Fri Nov 2
| Project 3 Due
|
|
| 20
| Tues Nov 6
| Exam 2
| Classes 10 - 20
|
| Wed Nov 7
| Project 4 Assigned
|
|
| 21
| Thurs Nov 8
| Hashing
| MAW 5
|
| 22
| Tues Nov 13
| Hashing
| MAW 5
|
| 23
| Thurs Nov 15
| Priority Queues and Heaps
| MAW 6
|
| 23
| Tues Nov 20
| Priority Queues and Heaps
| MAW 6
|
| Wed Nov 21
| Project 4 Due
|
|
| Thurs Nov 22
| Thanksgiving Break
|
|
| Mon Nov 26
| Project 5 Assigned
|
|
| 25
| Tues Nov 27
| Skip Lists
| MAW 10.4.2 + notes
|
| 26
| Thurs Nov 29
| Disjoint Sets
| MAW 8
|
| 27
| Tues Dec 4
| Graphs
| MAW 9.1, 9.3 + notes
|
| 28
| Thurs Dec 6
| Graphs
| MAW 9.1, 9.3 + notes
|
| 29
| Tues Dec 11
| Review
|
|
| Wed Dec 12
| Project 5 Due
|
|
| Tues Dec 18
|
Final Exam
10:30a-12:30p
| Classes 1 - 29
|
- Dates and topics are subject to change as required by class
progress
- Review Sessions for the exams will be held by Professor Mitch Edelman
- Monday, 9/24 7:15 - 9:15 room TBA
- Monday, 11/5 7:15 - 9:15 room TBA
- Wednesday, 12/12 (study day) 6:00 - 8:30 room TBA
- MAW = Weiss text "Data Structures & Algorithm Analysis
in Java"
Course Web Page
A few handouts will be provided in paper form at the first class. After
that, all handouts will be provided only on the web. The course web
page URL
is
www.cs.umbc.edu/courses/undergraduate/341/fall07/index.shtml
Please check the web page frequently. Any changes to the page will be
mentioned in the "Latest News" link.
Last modified on Monday August 27 by Patti Ordonez
email: ordopa1 AT cs.umbc.edu
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