- Platform
- Coursera
- Provider
- Stanford University
- Effort
- 4-8 hours/week
- Length
- 4 weeks
- Language
- English
- Credentials
- Paid Certificate Available
- Part of
- Course Link
Overview
The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: shortest paths (Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Johnson), NP-completeness and what it means for the algorithm designer, and strategies for coping with computationally intractable problems (analysis of heuristics, local search).
Who is this class for: Learners with at least a little bit of programming experience who want to learn the essentials of algorithms. In a University computer science curriculum, this course is typically taken in the third year.
Taught by
Tim Roughgarden
The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: shortest paths (Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Johnson), NP-completeness and what it means for the algorithm designer, and strategies for coping with computationally intractable problems (analysis of heuristics, local search).
Who is this class for: Learners with at least a little bit of programming experience who want to learn the essentials of algorithms. In a University computer science curriculum, this course is typically taken in the third year.
Syllabus
Week 1
The Bellman-Ford algorithm; all-pairs shortest paths.
Week 2
NP-complete problems and exact algorithms for them.
Week 3
Approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems.
Week 4
Local search algorithms for NP-complete problems; the wider world of algorithms.
Week 1
The Bellman-Ford algorithm; all-pairs shortest paths.
Week 2
NP-complete problems and exact algorithms for them.
Week 3
Approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems.
Week 4
Local search algorithms for NP-complete problems; the wider world of algorithms.
Taught by
Tim Roughgarden