Circular Arrays

Neat trick: use a circular array to insert and remove items from a queue in constant time The idea of a circular array is that the end of the array wraps around to the start of the array
7 6 0 1

5 4 3

The mod Operator

The mod operator (%) is used to calculate remainders:

1%5 = 1, 2%5 = 2, 5%5 = 0, 8%5 = 3

mod can be used to calculate the front and back positions in a circular array, therefore avoiding comparisons to the array size

The back of the queue is:

(front + count - 1) % items.length where count is the number of items currently in the queue After removing an item the front of the queue is: (front + 1) % items.length;

Array Queue Example

front =
count = 6
0 1 2 3 4 5

0
1 0

//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6);

insert item at (front + count) % items.length

Array Queue Example

front =
count = 6
0

0
5 4 3 2 1 7
2

4
1

3
3

8
4 5

//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4); q.enqueue(7); q.enqueue(3); q.enqueue(8);

Array Queue Example

front =
count = 6
0

1 2 0
3 4 5 7
2

4
1

3
3

8
4

9
5

make front = (0 + 1) % 6 = 1 make front = (1 + 1) % 6 = 2

//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4); q.enqueue(7); q.enqueue(3); q.enqueue(8); q.dequeue();//front = 1 q.dequeue();//front = 2 q.enqueue(9);

Array Queue Example

front =
count = 5
0 1

2
5 4 7
2

3
3

8
4

9
5

insert at (front + count) % 6 = (2 + 4) % 6 = 0

//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4); q.enqueue(7); q.enqueue(3); q.enqueue(8); q.dequeue();//front = 1 q.dequeue();//front = 2 q.enqueue(9); q.enqueue(5);

Queue: Linked List Implementation

Removing items from the front of the queue is straightforward But we need to insert items at the back of the queue in constant time

So cannot traverse through the list By using an additional reference (and a little administration) we can keep track of the node at the back of the queue

List Queue Example

6 front back
//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6);

List Queue Example

6 front back 4
//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4);

List Queue Example

6 front back 4 7
//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4); q.enqueue(7);

List Queue Example

6 front back 4 7 3
//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4); q.enqueue(7); q.enqueue(3);

List Queue Example

6 front back 4 7 3
//Java Code Queue q = new Queue(); q.enqueue(6); q.enqueue(4); q.enqueue(7); q.enqueue(3); q.dequeue();

Queue: Circular Linked List Implementation

Possible implementations of a queue

A circular linked list with one external reference A reference to the back

Figure 8-4b
A reference-based implementation of a queue: b) a circular linear linked list with one external reference

Queue: Circular Linked List Implementation

Figure 8-5
Inserting an item into a nonempty queue

Queue: Circular Linked List Implementation

Figure 8-6
Inserting an item into an empty queue: a) before insertion; b) after insertion

Queue: Circular Linked List Implementation

Figure 8-7
Deleting an item from a queue of more than one item

Queue: ADT List Implementation

public void enqueue(Object newItem) {

list.add(list.size()+1, newItem); } // end enqueue public Object dequeue() { Object temp = list.get(1); list.remove(1); return temp; } // end dequeue

Queue: ADT List Implementation

Efficiency depends on implementation of ADT List in most common implementations, at least one of operations enqueue() and dequeue() is not efficient On other hand: it was very fast to implement (code is easy, unlikely that errors were introduced when coding).

Application of queues: Recognizing Palindromes

A palindrome

A string of characters that reads the same from left to right as its does from right to left

To recognize a palindrome, a queue can be used in conjunction with a stack

A stack can be used to reverse the order of occurrences A queue can be used to preserve the order of occurrences

Recognizing Palindromes

A nonrecursive recognition algorithm for palindromes

As you traverse the character string from left to right, insert each character into both a queue and a stack Compare the characters at the front of the queue and the top of the stack Figure 8-3
The results of inserting a string into both a queue and a stack

Problems:

Recognize palindromes using 3 stacks. Simulate (implement) a queue with 2 stacks. How efficient is this implementation?

Simulate (implement) a stack with 1 queue!

(This is the problem which I wanted to discuss but didnt recall its formulation exactly.) How efficient

is this implementation?

Recursion

An extremely powerful problem-solving technique Breaks a problem in smaller identical problems An alternative to iteration An iterative solution involves loops

Example: Rabbits

What happens if you put a pair of rabbits in a field?

You get more rabbits!

Assume that rabbits take one month to reach maturity and that Each pair of rabbits produces another pair of rabbits one month after mating. That is: each pair will produce a new pair 2 months after it was born (and every month after that)

Example: Rabbits

How many pairs of rabbits are there after five months? Month 1: 1 pair Month 2: 1 pair

after one month the rabbits are mature and can mate the first pair gives birth to a new pair of rabbits the first pair gives birth to a new pair, her first children are now mature

Month 3: 2 pairs

Month 4: 3 pairs

Month 5: 5 pairs

Example: Rabbits

After 5 months there are 5 pairs of rabbits

i.e. the number of pairs at 4 months (3) plus the number of pairs at 3 months (2) Why?

We have count existing pairs of rabbits (the same number as previous month) + the new pairs (the same number as 2 months ago, as only those rabbits can now produce children) This series of numbers is called the Fibonacci series

rabbit (n) = rabbit(n-1) + rabbit(n-2)

Multiplying Rabbits (The Fibonacci Sequence)

Figure 3-10
Recursive solution to the rabbit problem

Fibonacci Sequence

The nth number in the Fibonacci sequence, fib(n), is:

0 if n = 0, and 1 if n = 1 fib(n 1) + fib(n 2) for n > 1

So what, say, is fib(23), or how many pairs of rabbits would there be after 23 months?

This would be easy if only we knew fib(22) and fib(21) If we did then the answer is just fib(22) + fib(21) What happens if we write a function to calculate Fibonacci numbers in this way?

Calculating the Fibonacci Sequence

Here is a function to return nth number in the Fibonacci sequence

e.g. fib(1) = 1, fib(3) = 2, fib(5) = 5, fib(8) = 21, public static int fib(int n){

if(n == 0 || n == 1){ return n; } else{ return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2); }

}

The function calls itself!!!

Notice this looks just like the description of the Fibonacci sequence given previously, but does it work!?