Ebook: Handbook of data structures and applications

Reflecting progress in the field in the decades since Donald Knuth's work in the late 1960s defined data structures and Niklaus Wirth stated that "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs," this handbook presents a comprehensive survey. Mehta (Colorado School of Mines) and Sahni (U. of Florida) present introductory material, which is followed by discussion of priority queues, dictionary structures, and multidimensional structures-all well known-and a section addressing less-easily classified data structures. These theoretical chapters lead to a more practical discussion of mechanisms and tools for using the structures, and a final section on applications"