CS420 Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms   

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Schedule - Fall 2013


Week Dates Topics Material Due
1 8/26-8/30 Asymptotic analysis Handout on big-O; Handout on bounding recurrences Homework 1
2 9/3-9/6 Classroom changed to Guggenheim 107, starting 9/4. Single-source shortest paths (starting on Friday). Chapter 24; Sections 21.1-21.2.
2 9/9-9/13 Single-source shortest paths (starting on Friday). Chapter 24. Solutions, Homework 1 quiz Homework 2
3 9/16-9/20 Difference constraints, all-pairs shortest paths. Sections 24.4, 25.1, 25.3; 25.2 (part of 25.2 is a review if you had CS320)
4 9/23-9/27 All-pairs shortest paths. Chapter 25
5 9/30-10/4 van Emde Boas trees Chapter 20. Homework 3 due Monday, 10/7
Midterm: Friday, October 11 in the usual classroom.
Final Exam: December 18, 4:10-6:10 p.m. in the usual classroom.