Core Concepts in Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis

Chapter 1

This chapter focuses on understanding and applying key data structures and algorithms, emphasizing their operational behavior, implementation details, and efficiency.

Goals

Design and implement various data structures
Analyze and optimize algorithms based on Big-O notation
Apply recursive techniques for problem-solving

Key Concepts

ADTs
Big-O
Recursion

Understanding and Implementing ADTs

Explore how abstract data types like Stacks, Queues, and Maps are designed and implemented to solve real-world problems. Understand the choice of data structures based on problem requirements.

Mastering Algorithm Analysis and Big-O

Learn to analyze the efficiency of algorithms using Big-O notation. Understand how different coding decisions impact performance and scalability.

Recursive Algorithms and Memory Management

Dive into recursion for problem-solving and understand dynamic memory management in programming to prevent common errors like memory leaks.

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