Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Java The Interactive Edition

Linear data structures maintain their data in an ordered fashion.

Stacks are basic data structures that maintain a LIFO (last in, first out) ordering.

The fundamental operations for a stack are push, pop, and isEmpty.

Queues are basic data structures that maintain a FIFO (first in, first out) ordering.

The fundamental operations for a queue are enqueue, dequeue, and isEmpty.

Prefix, infix, and postfix are all ways to write expressions.

Stacks are very useful for designing algorithms to evaluate and translate expressions.

Stacks can provide a reversal characteristic.

Queues can assist in the construction of timing simulations.

Simulations use random number generators to create a real-life situation and allow us to answer “what if” types of questions.

Deques are data structures that allow hybrid behavior like that of stacks and queues.

The fundamental operations for a deque are addHead, addTail, removeHead, removeTail, and isEmpty.

Lists are collections of items where each item holds a relative position.

A linked list implementation maintains logical order without requiring physical storage requirements such as an underlying ArrayList.

Modification to the head of the linked list is a special case.