Relevant Algorithm Animations/Visualizations (in Java)


This collection of links to animations/visualizations of algorithms:
Thanks to everyone that made these good/excellent animations available  ! ! !
(I hope they will be maintained, for the pleasure of the rest of us ....)

Do You know about any interesting, relevant, or good animations ? Please, let me know .....

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Collections (pages with a LOT of good animations):

  1. Algorithma 2000
  2. Algoritmik: Animering af algoritmer
  3. Animal Animations Collection
  4. Sandeep Mitra's Java Sorting Animation Page (chapter 8-9, 11-12)


 

Chapter 3: Elementary Data Structures

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Linked List     17-22  
  2   Stack     25-26  
  3   Stack Operation Demonstration Program     27   Reads and calculates a postfix-expression.
  4   Infix, Postfix, Prefix Parser     28   See the program code in the textbook.
  5   Circular Queue     30-31  
  6   Train Sorting with Stacks       Practical "fun" use of stacks.

 

Chapter 4: Trees

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   An Expression Tree Builder and Evaluator     40-43  
  2   Expression Tree Demonstration Program     40-43  
  3   Prefix Enumeration Demonstration Program     44-47  
  4   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations     44-49   Choose "Trees - Traversals" in the upper left corner.
  5   Binary Treesome - The Applet     44-49   Choose "Tree: Standard" and "Insert", Build Tree,
  Choose "Iteration", Practice!

 

Chapter 5: Recursion

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
    Textbook Relevant:
  1   The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section       A lot of fun stuff about Fibonacci-numbers.
  2   Logo Graphics Gallery     (59)   Recursion and graphics.
    Theory Basics:
  1   Introduksjon til rekursjon      
  2   Course 605.202: Recursion      
  3   Lecture 3 - Recursion      
  4   Section 3 Chapter 3 Recursion       Examples in Ada.
  5   Tom Kelliher's Lectures:
                * Introduction to Recursion
                * Recursion, Concepts and Examples
                * More Recursion
                * Recursion, Searching, and Efficiency
                * Recursion as a Problem Solving Technique 		     
    Specific:
  1   The Animation of Recursion       Money Collector, Factorial, String Reversal, Quicksort, see exercise 6 and 9.
  2   Dynamic Programming: Towers of Hanoi       See exercise 6.
  3   Towers of Hanoi       See exercise 6.
  4   Tower of Hanoi History & Instructions       See exercise 6.   See also: Slide 1
  5   The Tower of Hanoi       See exercise 6.
  6   The Towers from Hanoi       Test Yourself ! (See exercise 6.)
  7   Towers from Hanoi       See exercise 6.
  8   The Eight Queens Problem       See exercise 9.
  9   "The Eight Queens Problem"       See exercise 9.
  10   Backtracking: The Queens Problem       See exercise 9.
  11   Generate Solutions to n-Queens Problem       See exercise 9.
  12   Rat In a Maze       See Exam of 12.12.1995 number 4.
  13   MazeWorks - MazeGen       See Exam of 12.12.1995 number 4.
  14   Church's Thesis       Some mathematical.
  15   Recursion and Graphics       Pictures and program code (in Lisp).
  16   Chris Hruska's Stupid Recursion Tricks       Entertainment .....
  17   Puzzles, Paradoxes, Recursion   URL not found !!     Entertaining exercises.
    Permutation:
  1   Information on Permutations      
  2   Generate Permutations      
  3   Permutations       Follow links in the text, and at the end of the document.
  4   Inge's Anagram Generator       Funny "permutated" selection of characters.

 

Chapter 8: Elementary Sorting Methods

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Animation of Sorting Algorithms   Selection     Tickmark "Selection".
  2   Visual Sorting   Selection, Insertion, Bubble     Choose method in the middle at the bottom.
  3   The xSortLab Applet   Selection, Insertion, Bubble     Choose "Selection", "Insertion" or "Bubble".
  4   Sorting Algorithms   Selection, Insertion, Bubble, Shell     Choose Sorting method at the bottom left of the first window.
  5   Sorting Algorithms in C++   Selection, Insertion, Bubble, Shell     Choose Sorting method at the top and which array to be sorted.
  6   Animation of Sorting Algorithms   Selection, Insertion, Bubble, Shell   101-102 and 111   Covers all seven sorting methods in the textbook,
  but choose here one of the four relevant methods.
  7   Animation of Sort Algorithms   Selection, Insertion, Bubble, Shell     Press the button at the top of the page.
  Choose sorting method under "Algorithms" at the top.
  8   The Animator   Selection, Insertion, Bubble, Shell     Choose method in the lower right corner.
  9   Example of Sorting Algorithm's Animation   Selection    
  10   Data Structures and Algorithms: Sorting   Insertion     Press the "Run the Animation"-button in the middle of the page.
  11   Example of Sorting Algorithm's Animation   Insertion    
  12   Bubble   Bubble    
  13   Example of Sorting Algorithm's Animation   Bubble    
  14   Bubble Sort   Bubble    
  15   Bubblesort-Animation   Bubble     "Fun".
  16   Bubble Sort Program   Bubble     Note: Increasing sorting, and not decreasing
  (as in the textbook).
  17   Shell Sort   Shell    
  18   Shell Sort Animation   Shell    
  19   Java Animations of Shellsort and variants   Shell     Choose "Increment Sequence" at the bottom right.
  20   Sorting Algorithms - Distribution Counting   Distribution Counting   URL not found !!   Note: Increasing counting, and not decreasing
  (as in the textbook).

 

Chapter 9: Quicksort

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Sorting Algorithms - Quicksort      
  2   The xSortLab Applet       Choose "Quicksort".
  NOTE: Uses the left one as partition element.
  3   Sorting Algorithms in C++       Choose "Quicksort" at the top and which array to be sorted.
  4   The Animation of Recursion - Quicksort       NOTE: Uses the left one as partition element.
  5   Sorting Algorithms       Choose "Quicksort" at the bottom left of the first window.
  6   Visual Sorting       Choose "Quicksort" in the middle at the bottom.
  NOTE: Uses the middle one as partition element and moves it to the front.
  7   Animation of Sorting Algorithms       Tickmark "Quicksort".
  8   Sorting - Quicksort       Choose "Quicksort" in the window at the bottom.
  9   The Animator       Choose "Quicksort" in the lower right corner.
  10   Quicksort      
  11   Quicksort-Animation       "Fun".
  12   Animation of Sorting Algorithms     125   Covers all seven methods in the textbook, but choose here "Quicksort".

 

Chapter 11: Priority Queues / Heaps

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations     148-154   Choose "Trees - Priority Queue" in the upper left corner.
  2   Heaps     148-154   Press the button "Run The Animation" at the bottom.
  3   A Priority Queue Tester       Build your own Heap !!
  4   Animation of Sorting Algorithms     156-159   Tickmark "Heapsort".
  5   Animation of Sorting Algorithms     156-159   Press the button "Run Heap Sort" at the bottom.
  6   Sorting Algorithms - Heapsort     156-159  
  7   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations     156-159   Choose "Sorting - Heap Sort" in the upper left corner.
  8   Sorting Algorithms     156-159   Choose "Heapsort" at the bottom left of the first window.
  9   Sorting Algorithms in C++     156-159   Choose "Heapsort" at the top and which array to be sorted.
  10   Animation of Sorting Algorithms     158-159   Covers all seven methods in the textbook, but choose here "Heapsort".

 

Chapter 12: Mergesort

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Merge Example (of two arrays)     164  
  2   MergeSort demo with comparison bounds     165-166   See in the middle of the page/document.
  3   Mergesort     165-166  
  4   Sorting - Mergesort     165-166   Choose "Mergesort" in the window at the bottom.
  5   The Animator       Choose "Mergesort" in the lower right corner.
  6   The xSortLab Applet       Choose "Mergesort". Note: Operates a little different from the textbook !
  7   Sorting Algorithms in C++     165-166   Choose "Mergesort" at the top and which array to be sorted.
  8   Animation of Sorting Algorithms     172-174   Covers all seven methods in the textbook, but choose here "Mergesort".

 

Chapter 14: Elementary Searching Methods

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Binary Treesome - The Applet     203-211   Choose "Tree: Sorted" and "Insert", Practice Adding/Deleting/Searching Nodes!
  2   Animated Binary Tree     203-211   Build your own Binary Tree !!
  3   Binary Search Trees   URL not found !!   203-211  
  4   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations     203-211   Choose "Trees - Search Trees" in the upper left corner.
  5   Binary Search Tree Program     203-209  

 

Chapter 15: Balanced Trees

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Top-Down 2-3-4 Trees / Red-Black Trees   URL not found !!   215-229   Note: Maximaze the windows for the animation !
  2   234 Tree     215-229  
  3   Red/Black Tree Demonstration     220-229  
  4   Data Structures and Algorithms: Red-Black Trees     220-229   Press the "Run Red-Black Tree Animation"-button at the bottom.
  5   Topic #18: Red-Black Trees     220-229  
  6   Red-Black Trees     220-229  
  7   Rotation Tutorial   URL not found !!     Only about rotation of trees.

 

Chapter 16: Hashing

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Hash Table Demonstration - Separate Chaining   Separate Chaining   234-236  
  2   Data Structures and Algorithms: Hash Tables   Linear Probing   236-239   Press the "Run the Animation"-button at the bottom.
  3   Hash Table Demo   Linear Probing   236-239  
  4   Hash Table Demonstration - Linear Probing   Linear Probing   236-239  

 

Chapter 29-33: General (Terms) About Graphs

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Graph Theory Tutorial - Glossary of Terms      
  2   Graph Theory Tutorial - Graph Terminology       Two pages. Se also two "Here"-links at the second page.
  3   Java-Graph-Editor       Very comprehensive. Press the button "Show Java-Graph-Editor".
  4   Games on Graphs      
  5   Mathmania Graph Theory   URL not found !!    

 

Chapter 29: Elementary Graphs Algorithms

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Class notes CS251B - Winter 1997: Graphs     415-423   See especially the animation near the bottom.
  2   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations - Categorizing
  (Connected?, Cycles?, Tree?) 		    417   Choose "Graphs - Categorizing" in the upper left corner.
  3   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations - Representation
  (Adjacent Matrix) 		    418-421   Choose "Graphs - Representation" in the upper left corner.
  4   Graph Theory Tutorial - Graph Representation
  (Adjacent Matrix, Adjacent List, Trees) 		    418-423   Three pages.
  See especially the last "Here"-link at the first page.
  5   Interactive Data Structure Visualizations - Searches (DFS/BFS)     423-433   Choose "Graphs - Searches" in the upper left corner.
  6   BFS and DFS   Search Forest   423-433  
  7   Class notes CS251B - Winter 1997: DFS     423-428   See especially the animation at the bottom.
  8   Example of Graph Algorithm's Animation - Depth-First-Search     423-428  
  9   Graph Algorithms Animation - DFS     423-428   Choose "Depth-First-Search" from "Select Menu".
  10   Class notes CS251B - Winter 1997: BFS     431-433   See especially the animation at the bottom.
  11   Example of Graph Algorithm's Animation - Breadth-First-Search     431-433  
  12   Graph Algorithms Animation - BFS     431-433   Choose "Breadth-First-Search" from "Select Menu".
  13   Wire Routing (Using Queues) - BFS       Practical "fun" use of BFS/Queue.

 

Chapter 30: Connectivity

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Tutorial on Connected Components     437-438  
  2   Sets Union/Find Demonstration Program     441-449   The demo shows Union with Path Compression (not Weight Balancing)
  over the edges: 01, 43, 23, 56, 14, 89, 86, 37 and 75.

 

Chapter 31: Weighted Graphs

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Class notes CS251B - Winter 1997: Minimum Spanning Tree     452-458   See especially the animation at the bottom.
  2   Graph Theory Tutorial - Minimum Spaning Tree     452-458  
  3   Minimum Spanning Tree Demonstration Program     452-458  
  4   Graph Algorithms Animation - Minimum Spanning Tree     452-458   Choose "Minimum Spanning Tree" from "Select Menu".
  Increase the delay also.
  5   Prim/Kruskal/Dijkstra's Algorithm     454-467   Choose "Prim", "Kruskal" og "Dijkstra" Algorithm.
  6   5.7.1 Dijkstra Algorithm     461-465  
  7   Data Structures and Algorithms: Dijkstra's Algorithm     461-465   Press the button "Run the Animation" at the bottom.
  8   Shortest Path Problem: Dijkstra's Algorithm     461-465   Follow the link "Java Applet Demos" along the left margin.
  9   Dynamic Programming: The Shortest Path Module     461-465  
  10   Dynamic Programming: Dijkstra's Algorithm Module     461-465  
  11   Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm Animation in Java     461-465   Make Your Own Graph and Test!
  12   Shortest Path Algorithm     461-465  
  13   Class notes CS251B - Winter 1997: Shortest Path     (461-465)  
  14   Graph Algorithms Animation - Shortest Path     461-465   Choose "Shortest Path" from "Select Menu".

 

Chapter 32: Directed Graphs

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Depth First Search     472-473  
  2   Breadth First Search      
  3   All Pairs Minimum Routes Problem (Floyd's Algorithm)     476-478  
  4   Class notes CS251B - Winter 1997: Directed Acyclic Graphs (Dag)     479-481   See especially the animation at the bottom.

 

Chapter 33: Network Flow

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Page:   Comments:
  1   Graph Theory Tutorial - Flow Problems      
  2   Max Flow min cut Example     487-489  
  3   Max-Flow Problem: Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm     487-489   Follow the link "Java Applet Demos" along the left margin.
  4   Max Flow Applet Home     487-489  
  5   Maximum Flow Algorithm Applet     487-489  
  6   Maximum-Flow Finder       Build yourself !
  7   Max Flow (of Ford-Fulkerson Method)     487-489   Build yourself !
  8   Maximum Flow Algorithms Applet     487-489   Build yourself !

 

Finite State Machine (NOT in the textbook):

    Link/URL:   Keywords:   Comments:
  1   DynaLab Finite State Automation Applet     Code: See number 2 below.
  2   FSM Animator     Press the red "Show Program Animator"-button at the bottom.
  Figure: See number 1 above.
  3   The Finite State Machine Explorer     Build your own FSM.
  4   State Machine Simulator     Build your own FSM.
  5   Finite State Machine     Build your own FSM.
  6   Finite State Machine Drawing   URL not found !!  
  7   Finite-State Machine Simulator    
    Theory:
  1   Mathmania Finite State Machines   URL not found !!  
  2   Contemporary Logic Design     See chapter 8-10.   Excellent Lecture Transparencies!

 

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