I502 Design of Algorithms I

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Libor Škarvada (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: RNDr. Libor Škarvada
Prerequisites
! U212 Design of Algorithms for CS IV
Taking on I065 Seminar on Design of Algorithms I together with this course is encouraged. It is assumed that the students have no problems with coding simple algorithms in some functional and in some imperative language.
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
  • Programming paradigms, expressions, commands, state.
  • Correctness of algorithms, preconditions, postconditions, partial correctness, convergence. Verification methods.
  • Growth of functions. Recurrences, summations.
  • Computation length, algorithm complexity, problem complexity.
  • Basic data structures (lists, trees, graphs, arrays).
  • Searching, search trees.
  • Sorting, lower bound of sorting algorithms. Quick Sort, Merge Sort, Heap Sort.
  • Combinatorial and graph algorithms. Shortest Path, Minimum Spanning Tree, Colouring.
  • Greedy algorithms.
Literature
  • PARSONS, Thomas W. Introduction to algorithms in Pascal. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995, xiv, 447. ISBN 0471305944. info
  • CORMEN, Thomas H., Charles Eric LEISERSON and Ronald L. RIVEST. Introduction to algorithms. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989, xvii, 1028. ISBN 0070131430. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kurs veden formou přednášek a je ukončen závěrečnou písemnou zkouškou.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.
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