Effective Note-Taking Strategies

DSA Handwritten Notes

• Data Structure introduction
  • Data structure is a way to store and organize data, considering relationships between items.
  • Data structures are used in various applications like compilers, operating systems, databases, and more.

Data Structure Classification

• Primitive Data Structures
  • Integer, character, float, double, pointer
• Non-primitive Data Structures
  • Linear
    • Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues
  • Non-linear
    • Trees, graphs

Algorithm

• Algorithm is a process or set of rules to perform calculations or solve problems.
• It can be represented through flowcharts or pseudocode.
• Algorithms are categorized based on their characteristics like input, output, finiteness, and effectiveness.

Approaches

• Brute-force algorithm (exhaustive search algorithm)
• Optimizing algorithm
  • find all solutions, then pick one
  • find best solution at the first instance

Data Structure Operations

• Traversing
  • Visiting each element in a data structure.
• Insertion
  • Adding an item to a data structure.
• Deletion
  • Removing an item from a data structure.
• Searching
  • Finding the location of a specific item.

Searching Algorithms

• Linear Search.
  • Checks each element sequentially.
• Binary Search.
  • Works on sorted data.
  • Repeatedly divides the search interval.

Sorting Algorithms

• Bubble Sort.
  • Repeatedly compares adjacent elements.
• Insertion Sort.
  • Builds the sorted portion one element at a time.
• Merge Sort.
  • Divides the array into smaller sub-arrays.
  • Sorts and combines sub-arrays.

Asymptotic Notations

• Big O notation (upper bound)
• Omega notation (lower bound)
• Theta notation (tight bound)

Data Structures

• Array

  • Linear data structure.
  • Elements are stored contiguously in memory.
  • Elements are accessed using index.

• Linked List

  • Linear dynamic structure.
  • Elements are linked together with pointers.
  • Accessing elements involves traversing along the list.

• Stack

  • Linear data structure.
  • LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) principle.
  • Operations: push, pop, peek, isEmpty, isFull

• Queue

  • Linear data structure.
  • FIFO (First-In-First-Out) principle.
  • Operations: enqueue, dequeue, peek, isEmpty, isFull

• Tree

  • Non-linear data structure.
  • Hierarchical structure.
  • Operations: insertion, deletion, traversal . Binary Tree
  • type of tree.
  • Each node has at most two children (left and right).

• Binary Search Tree (BST)

  • Type of binary tree.
  • Value of left subtree is less than or equal to node value, and right subtree is greater than node value

• AVL Tree

  • Self-balancing binary search tree.

• B-Tree

  • Used for indexing in databases.

• Graph

  • Non-linear data structure.
  • Set of vertices and edges.

• Operations like adding vertices and edges

• Traversal methods like, BFS (Breadth First Search) and DFS (Depth First Search).

• Spanning Tree.

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