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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python

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Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788995573

Length 398 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Data Structures and Algorithms

Authors (2):

Benjamin Baka

Dr. Basant Agarwal

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Python Objects, Types, and Expressions FREE CHAPTER

2. Python Data Types and Structures

3. Principles of Algorithm Design

4. Lists and Pointer Structures

5. Stacks and Queues

6. Trees

7. Hashing and Symbol Tables

8. Graphs and Other Algorithms

9. Searching

10. Sorting

11. Selection Algorithms

12. String Algorithms and Techniques

13. Design Techniques and Strategies

14. Implementations, Applications, and Tools

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Authors (2)

Dr. Basant Agarwal

Dr. Basant Agarwal

Dr. Basant Agarwal works as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota. He holds a PhD and MTech from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. Basant has 10+ years of experience in academia and research, and he was awarded the prestigious PostDoc Fellowship by the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics through the Alain Bensoussan Fellowship Programme. He has been teaching a course on data structures and algorithms to undergraduates for a while now and is highly experienced in working with Python for developing real-world applications. His research interests include NLP, machine learning, and deep learning.

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Benjamin Baka

Benjamin Baka

Benjamin Baka is a full-stack software developer and is passionate about cutting-edge technologies and elegant programming techniques. He has 10 years in different technologies, from C++, Java, Ruby, Python to Qt. Some of the projects he's working on can be found on his GitHub page. He is currently working on exciting technologies all from the camp of mPedigree Network.

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