Data Structures and Algorithms Syllabus
Data Structures and Algorithms Syllabus
Course Topics
Week Topics
1-2 1. Introduction to Data Structures & Algorithms
1.1 Data types, Data structure and Abstract date type
1.2 Dynamic memory allocation in C
1.3 Introduction to Algorithms
1.4 Asymptotic notations and common functions
3-4 2 Stack
2.1 Basic Concept of Stack, Stack as an ADT, Stack Operations, Stack Applications
2.2 Conversion from infix to postfix/prefix expression, Evaluation of postfix/ prefix
expressions
5-6 3 Queue
3.1 Basic Concept of Queue, Queue as an ADT, Primitive Operations in Queue
3.2 Linear Queue, Circular Queue, Priority Queue, Queue Applications
7-8 4 Recursion
4.1 Principle of Recursion, Comparison between Recursion and Iteration, Tail Recursion
4.2 Factorial, Fibonacci Sequence, GCD, Tower of Hanoi(TOH)
4.3 Applications and Efficiency of Recursion
9-11 5. Lists
5.1 Basic Concept, List and ADT, Array Implementation of Lists, Linked List
5.2 Types of Linked List: Singly Linked List, Doubly Linked List, Circular Linked List.
5.3 Basic operations in Linked List: Node Creation, Node Insertion and Deletion from
Beginning, End and Specified Position
5.4 Stack and Queue as Linked List
12-14 6. Sorting
6.1 Introduction and Types of sorting: Internal and External sort
6.2 Comparison Sorting Algorithms: Bubble, Selection and Insertion Sort, Shell Sort
6.3 Divide and Conquer Sorting: Merge, Quick and Heap Sort
6.4 Efficiency of Sorting Algorithms
15-16 7. Searching and Hashing
7.1 Introduction to Searching, Search Algorithms: Sequential Search, Binary Search
7.2 Efficiency of Search Algorithms
7.3 Hashing : Hash Function and Hash Tables, Collision Resolution Techniques
17-18 8. Trees and Graphs
8.1 Concept and Definitions, Basic Operations in Binary Tree, Tree Height, Level and Depth
8.2 Binary Search Tree, Insertion, Deletion, Traversals, Search in BST
8.3 AVL tree and Balancing algorithm, Applications of Trees
8.4 Definition and Representation of Graphs, Graph Traversal, Minimum Spanning
Trees: Kruskal and Prims Algorithm
8.5 Shortest Path Algorithms: Dijksrtra Algorithm
References :
Text Books:
1. Y Langsam , MJ Augenstein and A.M , Tanenbaum Data Structures using C and C++ ,Prentice Hall India, Second
Edition 2015