Computer Science 311 - Algorithms

Fall
2021
01
4.00
John Rager

MW 10:00AM-10:50AM; F 10:00AM-10:50AM

Amherst College
COSC-311-01-2122F
KECC 200; KECC 200
jerager@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.

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

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.