FI:I062 Randomized Algoritms and Compu

I062 Randomized Algoritms and Computations

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1998

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jozef Gruska, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jozef Gruska, DrSc.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

The aim: randomized algorithms and methods are becoming one of the key tools for an effective solution of a variety of problems in informatics and its aplications practically in all theoretical and aplication areas.
Examples of randomized algorithms.
Methods of game theory.
Main types of randomized algorithms.
Randomized complexity classes.
Chernoff's bounds.
Moments and deviations.
Probabilistic methods.
Markov chains and random walks.
Algebraic methods.
Aplications:
Linear programming.
Parallel and distributed algoritms.
Randomization in cryptography.
Randomized methods in theory of numbers.

Language of instruction

Czech

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2002.