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Foundations of Computer Science - COMP9020
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Computer Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9020
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Scope:
* Mathematical methods for designing correct and efficient programs.
* Mathematics for algorithm analysis.
* Logic for proving and verification.
Topics:
* Introduction to set and relation theory
* Propositional logic and boolean algebras
* Induction, recursion and recurrence relations
* Order of growth of functions.
* Structured counting (combinatorics)
* Discrete probability
* Graph theory
* Trees for algorithmic applications

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