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  • Paperback: 566 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (9 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 047189978X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471899785
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 18.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"A lovely book.... I will use this book a lot in the next few months on a Java project I′m just starting." (CVu, December 2001)

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"A lovely book.... I will use this book a lot in the next few months on a Java project I′m just starting." (CVu, December 2001)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Complex subject, does nothing to clear up understanding., 22 Feb 2005
By Mr. D. T. Cottrell - See all my reviews
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Data structures and algorithms is a complex subject, but this book doesn't really help in clearing up the understanding, particularly to students like myself. At the start of our Java module we were told to get this book, which was out of print. I can now see why it was.

The language of any subject in the book is dressed up to the eyeballs with formal language which makes even simple statements appear complex and requiring lots of thought.

For example. "A string is a sequence of characters. The characters of a string have consecutive indicies." Now I know what a string it, it simply can be thought of as a sentence, it isn't difficult. But imagine you are someone who is approaching the subject with no priot knowledge, you would have to think hard about what the book is saying before you get it.

With other subjects in the book, like time complexity, a lot of assumptions are made about the readers knowledge, particularly in the mathematical field. If you don't know what the, "Fastest Growing Term" is, or the, "Constant Factor" you're stuck! Another example is on power algorithms. The books states, "It is easy to see that b to the power of 20 = b to the power of 10 + b to the power of 10." But is it easy? I certainly don't like things like this being assumed. If I think about it, it does make sense, but it isn't obvious.

Basically, as a student, this book wasn't really suitable for me or my fellow students.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not the most helpful book, 22 Aug 2006
By Chris Mendes (London, UK) - See all my reviews
I couldn't agree more with the previous review.

I want to add that as well as the cluttered language that does nothing but complicate the learning curves, I detest the structure of the text - in that it often places a page large diagram or algorithm right in the middle of a paragraph before it has finished its sentence. So you have to turn the page to finish reading the explanation, and then back again. Why on earth?

There are further complaints from me, all of which contribute to breaking down the flow of any successful studying from this book. The author of course I've no doubt knows his stuff but unfortunately doesn't know in my view the best way to communicate it to people new to the subject. At least for beginner to intermediate students in my opinion.

And it's a shame that my University at least, have chosen this book as the essential reading book, and that apparently the exam is written from it. Surely there are much more friendlier books out there.

Suitable for an experienced programmer with good knowledge of mathematics looking to adapt to, or improve in this particular area of algorithms and data structures, and has been reading unfriendly books all their life - otherwise forget it.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Bugs, 4 Sep 2007
By The "Frustrated Coder" (Glasgow University) - See all my reviews
As well as agreeing with the previous reviews, I feel it is also worth noting that should one try and use a lot of the code from the companion website (which the book frequently ponts to) they will encounter several bugs. I've been using his code for an Adjacency set graph and I have spent days trying to find small bugs that just should not have been there.
Very frustrating.
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