CMSC 341 Data Structures
Spring 2004 Section 0101
Tues/Thurs 1:00 - 2:15pm ITE 229
Mr. Dennis Frey
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 C++, 2nd
Edition, by Mark Alan Weiss, Addison-Wesley
Recommended:
- Your favorite C++ reference book -- here are some of mine
- The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition by Bjarne Stroustroup
(He's the guy who invented the language)
Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-201-70073-5
- C++ Primer, Third Edition by Stanely B. Lippman, Josee
Lajoie
Addison-Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0-201-82470-1
- C++ FAQs, Second Edition by Marshall Cline, Greg Lomow,
Mike Girou
Addison-Wesley, 1999, ISBN 0-201-30983-1
- Effective C++ Second Edition by Scott Meyers
Addison-Wesley
- More Effective C++ by Scott Meyers
Addison-Wesley
- Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel.
This book is available in its entirety on the web at
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html
- 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 C++ by Sartaj
Sahni, McGraw-Hill, 1998. Covers some material not covered by the Heileman
text.
- 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 by Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni,
and Dinesh Mehta, 1995. Another classic. In C++.
- 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,
including mastery of the C++ language. We will not review material that
has been covered in the prerequisite courses. We do cover a few of the data
structures from CMSC 202, but from a deeper point-of-view. A few advanced
C++ topics such as templates and exceptions will be reviewed.
Grading
Your grade for this course will be based upon 5 projects, 2 in-class exams
and the final exam. The projects are worth 40% of your grade, each project
weighted equally. Each in-class exam is worth 20 percentage points; the final
is worth 20 points. 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.
BlackBoard Discussion Board
A BlackBoard site has been created for this course. This site is used
primarily to support discussion boards, but announcements are also
posted there.
A discussion board will be established for each programming project.
Students are encouraged to post general project questions, answer questions
posted by other students or just browse the discussion board to find answers
to project questions. Your instructors and TAs will also be posting questions
and answers. Your questions may be posted anonymously.
Other discussion boards for topics such as general C++ questions will also be
established. The course BlackBoard is accessed by logging on to my.umbc.edu
and clicking on the BlackBoard tab at the top of the page.
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 real name. Email from "Crazy Ape" does not get the
attention you may want it to. Besides, when you get that great-paying job
because you know data structures so well, will you want to send mail to
your boss from "Crazy Ape?" Your mail will look much more professional if
you use your real name.
- 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.
Syllabus
| Class
|
Date
|
Topic
|
Reading
|
1
| Tue Jan 27
|
Introduction and C++
| MAW 1
|
2
| Thur Jan 29
| C++ and OOP
| MAW 1
|
| Mon Feb 2
|
Project 1 Assigned
|
|
| 3
| Tues Feb 3
| Asymptotic Analysis
| MAW 2
|
| 4
| Thurs Feb 5
| Asymptotic Analysis
| MAW 3
|
| 5
| Tues Feb 10
| List ADT and Implementations
| MAW 3
|
| 6
| Thurs Feb 12
| List Implementations
| MAW 3
|
| Sun Feb 15
| Project 1 Due at 11:59pm
|
|
| Mon Feb 16
| Project 2 Assigned
|
|
| 7
| Tues Feb 17
| Stacks, Queue, Dequeue ADT
| MAW 3
|
| 8
| Thurs Feb 19
| Stacks, Queue, Dequeue ADT
| MAW 3
|
9
| Tues Feb 24
| Exam 1
| Classes 1 - 8
|
| 10
| Thurs Feb 26
| Recursion
| class notes
|
| Sun Feb 29
| Project 2 Due at 11:59pm
|
|
| 11
| Tues Mar 2
| Binary Search trees
| MAW 4
|
| 12
| Thurs Mar 4
| Binary Search Trees
| MAW 4
|
| Mon Mar 8
| Project 3 Assigned
|
|
| 13
| Tues Mar 9
| Balanced Search Trees
| MAW 4
|
| 14
| Thurs Mar 11
| Balanced Search Trees
| MAW 4
|
15
| Tues Mar 16
| Balanced Search Trees
| MAW 4
|
| 16
| Thurs Mar 18
| Balanced Search Trees
| MAW 4 & 12
|
| Sun Mar 21
| Project 3 Due at 11:59pm
|
|
| Tues Mar 23
| Spring Break
|
|
|
| Thurs Mar 25
| Spring Break
|
|
| 17
| Tues Mar 30
| Balanced Search Trees
| MAW 4 & 12
|
18
| Thurs Apr 1
|
Exam 2
| Classes 10 - 17
|
| 19
| Tues Apr 6
| Hashing
| MAW 5
|
| Wed Apr 7
|
Project 4 Assigned
|
|
| 20
| Thurs Apr 8
| Hashing
| MAW 5
|
| 21
| Tues Apr 13
| Hashing
| MAW 5
|
| 22
| Thurs Apr 15
| Priority Queues and Heaps
| MAW 6
|
| Tues Apr 20
|
Project 4 Due 11:59pm
|
|
| 23
| Tues Apr 20
| Priority Queues and Heaps
| MAW 6
|
| Wed Apr 21
|
Project 5 Assigned
|
|
| 24
| Thurs Apr 22
| Skip Lists
| MAW 10 + notes
|
| 25
| Tues Apr 27
| Skip Lists
| MAW 10 + notes
|
| 26
| Thurs Apr 29
| Disjoint Sets
| MAW 8
|
| 27
| Tues May 4
| B - Trees
| MAW 4 + notes
|
| 28
| Thurs May 6
| B - Trees
| MAW 4 + notes
|
| Sun May 9
| Project 5 Due 11:59pm
|
|
| Thurs May 13
1:00 - 3:00pm
|
Final Exam
| Classes 19 - 28
| |
- Dates and topics are subject to change as required by class progress
- MAW = Weiss text "Data Structures & Algorithm Analysis
in C++"
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/spring04/index.shtml
Please check the web page frequently. Any changes to the page will be
mentioned in the "Latest News" link.
Last modified on Thursday January 22, 2004 by Dennis Frey
email: frey@cs.umbc.edu
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