Fundamental Algorithms - Winter 11
- Term
- Winter 11
- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Michael Bader
- Time and Place
- Tuesday, 9:00-10:30, (MI 02.07.023); first lecture: Oct 25)
- Audience
- Computational Science and Engineering, 1st semester (Module IN2157); Biomedical Computing
- Tutorials
- t.b.a. (no compulsory tutorials
- Exam
- written exam
- Semesterwochenstunden / ECTS Credits
- 2 SWS (2V) / 3 Credits
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Contents
The course will provide an overview of fundamental algorithms and an introduction to the analysis of algorithms. Topics will be:
- Fundamentals: Models of Computation, Complexity Measures
- Sorting: Bubble-Sort, Merge-Sort, Quick-Sort, Median-Algorithms, Lower Bounds, etc.: sorting in parallel
- Searching: Hashing, Search Tress, etc.
- Arithmetic Problems: parallel prefix computation, parallel matrix and vector operations
- Foundations of parallel algorithms and simple models of parallel computation
Literature
- Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein: Introduction to Algorithms; MIT Press
- Berman, Paul: Algorithms: Sequential, Parallel, and Distributed; Cengage Learning Emea 2004
- Heun: Grundlegende Algorithmen; Vieweg 2000
- Sedgewick: Algorithms; Pearson Education
- Shackleford, Computing and Algorithms; Addison Wesley Longman
- Kleinberg, Tardos: Algorithm Design; Pearson Education