Algorithms in Java, Parts 1-4

by Robert Sedgewick, Robert Sedgewick

By blending theory and practice, this book appeals equally to both the academic and professional markets. For the first time, Sedgewick's seminal work on algorithms and data structures is available with implementations in Java. The author has developed new Java code that both expresses the methods in a concise and direct manner, and also provides programmers with the practical means to test them on real applications.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Algorithms, Software, Reference, Technology, Textbooks

768 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Torben Rasmussen]

Highly recommended for anyone with interest in algorithms. While not quite as good as Sedgewick's original work with implementations in C++ this is recommended the ones most familiar with Java

[Stanislav]

Not related to Java. It just uses java as pseudocode. Does not even mention java data structures. From the title was expecting more practical book, not just typical algorithm reference...

[Martin Lau]

oh god, most frustrating reading experience in my life, only my teacher (who went to princeton and took Sedgewick's class as an undergrad, and is every bit a geek as his prof) can understand this guy and would choose his book as the textbook for the class; that being said, if you are fast and have a good understanding of java, you should be able to get the hang of the gist of this book pretty quickly, and see that Sedgewick is a smart guy, but the problem is, if you had the knowledge that allows you to understand this book easily, you wouldn't be able to learn much from it; so, as a textbook for lower division computer science classes, this book is really not a good choice

[Nathan]

An acceptable overview of basic algorithms and data structures, but a poor application of those in the Java development platform.

[Emily]

MEH. It has everything it needs to have, but boy the code sure is unnecessarily hard to parse, and the writing is only so-so.

[David]

Not bad, if you need to quickly review for a silicon valley interview. The 2nd volume (Part 5) on Graph algorithms is more interesting.