COMP 241: CS III, Data Structures and Algorithms, Spring 2019

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Topics and assignments for dates in the future should be considered tentative.
S&W = Sedgewick and Wayne textbook
Date Topic Required Reading Materials Assignments Out Slides
1/10 Introduction, data structures, ADTs, abstraction, interfaces/implementation S&W 1.2
1/15 C++ review Fibonacci code Project 1, due on Moodle Mon 1/28, 11:59pm
1/17 Vector ADT IntVector.h IntVector.cpp
1/22 Analysis of algorithms, big-oh notation S&W 1.4
1/24 Big-oh continued Telescoping notes Homework 1, due in class Thu 1/31
1/29 List ADT, singly linked lists S&W 1.3
1/31 Doubly-linked lists Project 2, due on Moodle Thu 2/14, 11:59pm
2/5 Stacks and queues S&W 1.3
2/7 Quadratic sorting S&W 2.1 (also see handout for bubble sort) Sorting code
2/12 Finished quadratic sorting Homework 2, due in class Tue 2/19
2/14 Trees Project 3, due on Moodle Tue 3/12, 11:59pm
2/19 Review
2/21 Midterm I
2/26 Binary search trees S&W 3.1, 3.2 BST code
2/28 Binary search trees
3/5 Spring break
3/7 Spring break
3/12 Binary search trees Homework 3, due in class Tue 3/19
Project 4, due on Moodle Thu 3/28, 11:59pm
3/14 Hash tables S&W 3.4
3/19 Hash tables Homework 4, due in class Tue 3/26
3/21 Mergesort S&W 2.2 Mergesort code
3/26 Quicksort S&W 2.3 Quicksort code
3/28 Finish quicksort
4/2 Review
4/4 Midterm II
4/9 Priority queues, heaps, heapsort S&W 2.4 Heap algorithms code Project 5, due on Moodle Wed 4/17, 11:59pm
4/11 Finish heapsort
4/16 Graphs, Dijkstra's algorithm S&W 4.1, 4.2 Dijkstra's algorithm code
4/18 Easter break
4/23 Finish Dijkstra's algorithm, graph implementations Project 6, due on Moodle Thu 5/2, 11:59pm
4/25 Review (with Prof Sanders)