Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures, Resources

Java

Following material may assist you in programming assignments if you choose to use Java:

• A Danish introduction to Java
• The official Sun tutorial
• Java for Windows, Linux and other platforms can be downloaded from this homepage.
• For Linux users, Linuxlab offers a note under a cryptic title "Exercise 10: Getting started with Java programming in Linux". It is very useful in getting the initial environment set up, first program written, compiled and executed.
• On OS X, Java can be run off the command line a la Linux. Alternatively, the freely available developer environments include BlueJ and Xcode among others.
• The Introductory Programming Course offers the following list of resources on Java programming.
• Peter Sestoft's notes Text Files in Java, Java Performance, and his book Java Precisely

Supplementary literature

As a supplement we recommend some additional mathematical background in the book Data Structures and algorithms in Java, by M.T. Goodrich and R. Tamassia. In Danish there is a book called "Grundlæggende matematik for dataloger" which are used at DTU, it might be useful as well. The two books has not been read thoroughly by the teachers, but at first look they seems to be good. There is also a list of math books for the conoisseur.

Other useful links :

• Old IADS exam questions with solutions.
• Project proposals, directly related to algorithms.
• Relevant project proposals that involve applications of algorithms.
• The ITU Algorithm Group
• The Verification, Configuration and Scheduling Group @ ITU