Construction of a Flexible Data Structures Laboratory

Authors

  • Jorge Villalobos Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computación
  • Danilo Pérez Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computación
  • Juan Castro Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computación
  • Camilo Jiménez Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computación

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19153/cleiej.10.1.5

Abstract

In a computer science curriculum, the data structures course is considered fundamental. In that course, students must generate the ability to desingn the more suitable data structures for a problem solution. They must also write an efficient algorithm in order to solve the problem. Students must understand that there are different types of data structures, each of them with associated algorithms of different complexity. A data structures laboratory is a set of computional tools that helps students in the experimentation with the concepts introduced in the curse. The main objetive of this experimentation is to generate the student's needed abilities for manipulating complex data structure. This paper presents the main characteristics of the laboratory built as a sopport of the course. we illustrate the huge possibilities of the tool with an example.

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Published

2007-06-01

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2007): Regular Issue and Special Issue of Best Papers presented at CIESC 2005, Cali, Colombia

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