COSC229-08S2 (C) Semester Two 2008

Algorithms

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2008

Description

A study of the design and analysis of algorithms, and applications of algorithms.

Students will learn how to design efficient algorithms and data structures in this course.

Major topics include basic analytical methods; sorting and searching; basic graph algorithms; applications of algorithms.

Prerequisites

(1) COSC121 or COSC123; (2) COSC122; (3) 18 points from Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering Mathematics. MATH101 is not acceptable. MATH115/STAT131/STAT111/STAT112 are strongly recommended.

Restrictions

COSC202

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Tad Takaoka

Lecturer

Ramakrishnan Mukundan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1, 5pm, 19 Aug 2008 20%
Assignment 2, 5pm, 14 Oct 2008 20%
Final exam 60%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Goodrich, Michael T. , Tamassia, Roberto; Algorithm design : foundations, analysis and Internet examples ; Wiley, 2002.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $416.00

International fee $1,797.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

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