582630 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (tyƶversio, 1.3.2011)

Principal theme Prerequisite knowledge Approaches the learning objectives Reaches the learning objectives Deepens the learning objectives
Algorithm design methods
  • applies basic algorithms on lists, trees and graphs (Data Structures)
  • describes the most important principles of algorithm design and some of their applications
  • applies the most important principles of algorithm design
  • applies data structures with efficient amortized complexity
  • applies and combines, as needed, different algorithm design methods in practical problem solving
Graph algorithms
  • applies basic graph algorithms (Data Structures)
  • describes several basic graph theoretical concepts and problems
  • applies algorithms for several graph theoretical problems
  • applies innovatively graph algorithms in practical problem solving
  • solves optimization problems using network flow algorithms and linear programming (Discrete Optimisation)
Analysis of algorithms
  • derives the worst-case time and space complexity of simple algorithms (Data Structures)
  • describes the average case and amortized complexity of an algorithm
  • classifies some algorithms according to their average or amortized complexity
  • solves simple recurrences
  • derives the average and amortized complexity of an algorithm
  • solves more complex recurrences
NP-completeness
  • describes Turing machines (Models of Computation)
  • explains what NP-completeness means with respect to possibilities for solving these problems efficiently
  • describes a number of NP-complete problems
  • describes some basic theorems related to NP-completeness
  • describes the P=NP problem
  • forms polynomial reductions between problems and constructs algorithms for problems in NP
  • describes a large number of NP-complete problems and their restricted versions solvable in polynomial time (Approximation Algorithms, Randomized Algorithms)
  • knows other complexity classes and problems belonging to them (Computational Complexity)

 

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