Computer Science 311 - Algorithms

Fall
2020
02
4.00
Kristen Gardner
MWF 05:10PM-06:00PM
Amherst College
COSC-311-02-2021F
ONLI ONLI
kgardner@amherst.edu

This course addresses the design and analysis of computer algorithms. Topics include: set algorithms such as sorting and searching, graph algorithms, string algorithms, and matrix algorithms. Algorithm design paradigms, including the divide-and-conquer, dynamic programming, and greedy paradigms, will be emphasized. The course will end with a discussion of the theory of NP-completeness and its implications.

This course will be conducted online, with occasional in-person discussion as circumstances allow.

Requisite: COSC 112 and COSC 211. Fall semester. Professor Gardner.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.