Reflecting progress in the field in the decades since Donald Knuth's work in the late 1960s defined data structures and Niklaus Wirth stated that "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs," this handbook presents a comprehensive survey. Mehta (Colorado School of Mines) and Sahni (U. of Florida) present introductory material, which is followed by discussion of priority queues, dictionary structures, and multidimensional structures—all well known—and a section addressing less-easily classified data structures. These theoretical chapters lead to a more practical discussion of mechanisms and tools for using the structures, and a final section on applications