DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS
1. Introduction to Programming
Language Basics: Variables, data types, operators, conditional statements, loops
Simple Programs: Writing small programs to understand the syntax and basic
programming concepts
2. Basic Data Structures
Arrays: Introduction, traversal, insertion, deletion, searching (linear and binary search), sorting
(bubble, selection, insertion sort)
Linked Lists: Singly linked lists, doubly linked lists, circular linked lists, operations (insertion,
deletion, traversal)
Stacks: Introduction, operations (push, pop, peek), implementation using arrays and linked lists
Queues: Introduction, operations (enqueue, dequeue, front, rear), types (linear, circular),
implementation using arrays and linked lists
3. Recursion
Understanding Recursion: Concept, base case, recursive case
Examples: Factorial, Fibonacci series, Tower of Hanoi, binary search using recursion
4. Intermediate Data Structures
Trees: Introduction, binary trees, traversal (in-order, pre-order, post-order), binary search trees
(BST), operations in BST
Heaps: Introduction, types (max heap, min heap), operations (insertion, deletion, heapify), heap
sort
Hashing: Introduction, hash function, collision handling methods (chaining, open addressing)
5. Advanced Data Structures
Graphs: Introduction, representation (adjacency matrix, adjacency list), traversal (BFS, DFS)
Tries: Introduction, implementation, applications
Segment Trees: Introduction, construction, update, range queries
Fenwick Trees (Binary Indexed Trees): Introduction, update, prefix sum queries
6. Algorithms
Sorting Algorithms: Quick sort, merge sort, heap sort, counting sort, radix sort
Searching Algorithms: Depth-first search (DFS), breadth-first search (BFS), Dijkstra’s
algorithm, A* algorithm
Dynamic Programming: Introduction, memoization, tabulation, examples (knapsack problem,
longest common subsequence, longest increasing subsequence)
Greedy Algorithms: Introduction, examples (activity selection, Huffman coding, Kruskal’s
algorithm)
Backtracking: Introduction, examples (N-Queens problem, Sudoku solver, permutation generation)
Divide and Conquer: Introduction, examples (merge sort, quick sort, Karatsuba algorithm for
multiplication)
7. Advanced Topics
String Algorithms: String matching algorithms (KMP, Rabin-Karp), tries, suffix arrays
Graph Algorithms: Minimum spanning tree (Prim’s, Kruskal’s algorithm), shortest path algorithms
(Dijkstra’s, Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall), topological sort, strongly connected components
Computational Geometry: Convex hull, line intersection, closest pair of points
Network Flow: Maximum flow (Ford-Fulkerson algorithm), minimum cut
8. Practice and Application
Practice Problems: Solving problems on platforms like LeetCode, HackerRank, CodeChef, and
GeeksforGeeks
Projects:
Implementing data structures and algorithms in real-world projects or simulations
9. Advanced Study
Competitive Programming: Participating in contests to improve problem-solving
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Problems :
Use Geeks for Geeks Website OR Hacker Rank
Use Leetcode for Advance Problems
