RAIK 283 - Topics Covered

25th Aug, 2009 Discussed syllabus, Introduction to algorithms, worstcase vs Average case
27th Aug, 2009 Asymptotics: Big O, Big Omega, Theta; limit method (Lecture by Raghu)
01st Sept, 2009 Analysis of Algorithms: Nonrecursive using summation, pretest
03rd Sept, 2009 Analysis of Algorithms: Recursive using recurrences.
08th Sept, 2009 Bruteforce Algorithms: Selection sort, Bubble sort, String matching. Discrete math: Mathematical Induction.
10th Sept, 2009 Bruteforce Algorithms: closest pair, convex hull. Discrete math: Inclusion-Exclusion
15th Sept, 2009 Exhaustive Search TSP, Knapsack, Assignement problem: Divide and Conquer: Master Theorem, Quiz 1.
17th Sept, 2009 Divide and Conquer: Mergesort, Quicksort, Binary search.
22nd Sept, 2009 Integer Multiplication, Strassens Matrix Multiplication, Closest Pair and Convex Hull
24th Sept, 2009 Decrease and Conquer; Insertion sort, Graph Representations, DFS.
29th Sept, 2009 DFS, BSF applications, Topological Sorting, Quiz 2.
01st Oct, 2009 Euclids Algorithm, Median finding, Gaussian Elimination
06th Oct, 2009 Application of Gaussian Elimination, LU decomposition, Finding inverse of a matrix
08th Oct, 2009 Balanced BSTs: AVL trees, Heaps and Heap sorting
13th Oct, 2009 Greedy Algorithms: Prims and Kruskals MST algorithms (Lecturer: Chris Burke)
15th Oct, 2009 Greedy Algorithms Cont: Dijkstras and Huffman Coding (Lecturer: Chris Burke )
20th Oct, 2009 Fall Break
22nd Oct, 2009 String Matching : Horspools Algorithm and BM algorithm
27th Oct, 2009 BM Algorithm cont. Dynamic Programming: Floyd Warshal
29nd Oct, 2009 Floyd Warshal cont., Optimal Binary Search Tree
03rd Nov, 2009 Introduction to Linear Programming: Simplex.
05th Nov, 2009 LP cont: Simplex Algorithm, Finding initial feasible solution.
10th Nov, 2009 Network Flows: Ford Fulkerson
12th Nov, 2009 Ford Fulkerson Cont: Maxflow-Mincut theorem
17th Nov, 2009 Theory of NP-completeness
19th Nov, 2009 Theory of NP-completeness cont:
24th Nov, 2009 Gameday
26th Nov, 2009 Thanks Giving
01st Dec, 2009 Approximation Algorithms
03rd Dec, 2009 Finite Automata
08th Dec, 2009 Snow: UNL Closed
10th Dec, 2009 Review