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Introduction to Algorithms - COMP3120
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Computer Science and Engineering
 
 
Contact: Elgindy,Hossam
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 2.5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: COMP2011 or COMP2711; Excluded: COMP3121, COMP9101.
 
 
Offered: 
Session One
Session Two
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
 

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Design and algorithms using divide-and-conquer, greedy, inductive, parallel and systolic strategies. Models of computations. Correctness and complexity analysis. Time and space analysis: worst- and average- and amortised case algorithms. Algorithms: sorting and searching, trees, graphs and matrices.

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