The Courseware Heapsort-SALA 3.4

Online: over the Internet
Offline: by first downloading and installing it

Data structure Heapsort

This courseware teaches the sorting algorithm heapsort. Sorting algorithms are part of "algorithm and data structures" in computer science education.

Author (text, applet design): Nils Faltin
Applet programming: Tobias Gross

Audience	Computer science students in their first year. Most parts also suited for pupils.
Web-based	The courseware can be run in a regular web browser. Online: over the Internet Offline: by first downloading and installing it
Suitable for private study	Tutorial part with text, figures and interactive exercises (Java applets) Exercises with solutions for applying and testing the knowledge
Special learning concept	Modularity: The algorithm was splitted into several small functions that can be understood independently. They are described with interface and implementation. Exploratory learning:Initially it is your task to find out the steps of the algorithm functions. To support you with this exploratory learning the courseware has interactive exercises (Java applets) with simulations.