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CS 483 Schedule

GMU Fall-04 Schedule

Note: "Study Material" always includes chapter introductions.

 

Day

Study Material

Recommended Problems

Topic

Fundamentals

1

1.1, 1.2

1.1:   4, 5, 6     1.2:   5, 9

Overview

2

1.3, 1.4

1.3:   1, 2, 3, 4     1.4:   1, 2, 3, 10

Elementary Analysis

3

2.1, 2.2

2.1:   2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10     2.2:   2, 4, 5, 6

Asymptotics

Analysis and Subproblems

4-6

2.3, 2.4, p.417-420

2.3:   1, 3, 4, 8     2.4:   1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9

Recurrence Relations

7

Chapter 3

3.1:   4, 6, 7;     3.2:   2, 5, 7, 8;     3.3:   2, 7;     3.4:   2, 4, 5;    

Try/Do Everything

8-9

Chapter 4,
p.424-5,427

4.1:   5, 8;     4.2:   5, 6, 10;     4.3:   1, 7;     4.5:   1, 2, 3, 6;    

Divide & Conquer

10-11

5.3, 5.4, 5.6

5.3:   1, 2, 3, 5;     5.4:   1, 2, 5, 9;     5.6:   1, 2, 6, 7, 10;    

Decrease & Conquer

Advanced Techniques

12-14

6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.2

6.1:   1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10;     6.4:   1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10;     6.5:   3, 6, 7, 8, 9;     6.6:   2, 4, 10;     7.2:   2;    

Transforming a Problem

Spring Break (not part of the day count)

Day 15:   Review;   Prepare for Midterm

Day 16 (Mar. 24):    Midterm Exam

17-19

Chapter 8

Study Sheet;     8.1:   7;     8.2:   1+, 8. 10;     8.3:   1, 2, 5, 6, 7;     8.4:   1, 4, 9;    

Dynamic Programming

20-21

9.1, 9.3, 9.4

9.0:   1, 2;     9.1:   8, 10;     9.3:   2, 4, 6;     9.4:   1, 4;    

Greedy Algorithms

Day 22 (April 14):   Papers Due;   Discussion of Topics

Hard Problems

23-25

10.1, 7.1,10.2, 10.3

10.1:   2, 4, 7, 9     10.2:   4, 6, 9

Limits to Algorithm Power

26-27

11.1, 11.2, 11.3

11.1:   1, 2, 4, 7     11.2:   1, 2, 5     11.3:   1, 2

Coping

Day 28 (Dec. 9)     Finish Up and Review