Why we wrote the LEDA Guide

The LEDA Guide is an information system for the data types and algorithms included in LEDA.

Goals:

• Provide additional information and examples on the data types and algorithms.
• Help developers to choose the best data type for their needs.
• Improve efficiency and reliability of programs
• Shorten development time.

To reach this goal we tried to answer the following questions:

• What is this data type good for ? Why is it included?
• What is special about this data type ?
• Where can this data type be used?
• Where should this data type be used?
• How should this data type be used?
• When is it better to use another data type ? And which?

The LEDA Guide does not want to replace the LEDA Manual.

It provides information that should highlight important features of each data type . Once the decision for a particular data type is made, a complete description of how to create instances of the data type and all possible operations can be found in the manual.

A comprehensive and readable source for more details on LEDA can be found in the LEDA Book by Prof. Kurt Mehlhorn and Prof. Stefan Näher.

Author of the LEDA Guide: Dr. Thomas Ziegler, Algorithmic Solutions Software GmbH, thomas.ziegler@algorithmic-solutions.com

See also:

LEDA Manual

LEDA Book

LEDA Home

Algorithmic Solutions