This document provides an overview of algorithms and algorithm analysis. It discusses key concepts like what an algorithm is, different types of algorithms, and the algorithm design and analysis process. Some important problem types covered include sorting, searching, string processing, graph problems, combinatorial problems, geometric problems, and numerical problems. Examples of specific algorithms are given for some of these problem types, like various sorting algorithms, search algorithms, graph traversal algorithms, and algorithms for solving the closest pair and convex hull problems.
Algorithms Lecture 2: Analysis of Algorithms IMohamed Loey
This document discusses analysis of algorithms and time complexity. It explains that analysis of algorithms determines the resources needed to execute algorithms. The time complexity of an algorithm quantifies how long it takes. There are three cases to analyze - worst case, average case, and best case. Common notations for time complexity include O(1), O(n), O(n^2), O(log n), and O(n!). The document provides examples of algorithms and determines their time complexity in different cases. It also discusses how to combine complexities of nested loops and loops in algorithms.
This document provides an overview of algorithm analysis. It discusses how to analyze the time efficiency of algorithms by counting the number of operations and expressing efficiency using growth functions. Different common growth rates like constant, linear, quadratic, and exponential are introduced. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to determine the growth rate of different algorithms, including recursive algorithms, by deriving their time complexity functions. The key aspects covered are estimating algorithm runtime, comparing growth rates of algorithms, and using Big O notation to classify algorithms by their asymptotic behavior.
The document discusses compilers and their role in translating high-level programming languages into machine-readable code. It notes that compilers perform several key functions: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, generation of an intermediate representation, optimization of the intermediate code, and finally generation of assembly or machine code. The compiler allows programmers to write code in a high-level language that is easier for humans while still producing efficient low-level code that computers can execute.
This document discusses the complexity of algorithms and the tradeoff between algorithm cost and time. It defines algorithm complexity as a function of input size that measures the time and space used by an algorithm. Different complexity classes are described such as polynomial, sub-linear, and exponential time. Examples are given to find the complexity of bubble sort and linear search algorithms. The concept of space-time tradeoffs is introduced, where using more space can reduce computation time. Genetic algorithms are proposed to efficiently solve large-scale construction time-cost tradeoff problems.
This document discusses randomized algorithms. It begins by listing different categories of algorithms, including randomized algorithms. Randomized algorithms introduce randomness into the algorithm to avoid worst-case behavior and find efficient approximate solutions. Quicksort is presented as an example randomized algorithm, where randomness improves its average runtime from quadratic to linear. The document also discusses the randomized closest pair algorithm and a randomized algorithm for primality testing. Both introduce randomness to improve efficiency compared to deterministic algorithms for the same problems.
The document discusses asymptotic notations that are used to describe the time complexity of algorithms. It introduces big O notation, which describes asymptotic upper bounds, big Omega notation for lower bounds, and big Theta notation for tight bounds. Common time complexities are described such as O(1) for constant time, O(log N) for logarithmic time, and O(N^2) for quadratic time. The notations allow analyzing how efficiently algorithms use resources like time and space as the input size increases.
Performance analysis(Time & Space Complexity)swapnac12
The document discusses algorithms analysis and design. It covers time complexity and space complexity analysis using approaches like counting the number of basic operations like assignments, comparisons etc. and analyzing how they vary with the size of the input. Common complexities like constant, linear, quadratic and cubic are explained with examples. Frequency count method is presented to determine tight bounds of time and space complexity of algorithms.
Algorithms Lecture 2: Analysis of Algorithms IMohamed Loey
This document discusses analysis of algorithms and time complexity. It explains that analysis of algorithms determines the resources needed to execute algorithms. The time complexity of an algorithm quantifies how long it takes. There are three cases to analyze - worst case, average case, and best case. Common notations for time complexity include O(1), O(n), O(n^2), O(log n), and O(n!). The document provides examples of algorithms and determines their time complexity in different cases. It also discusses how to combine complexities of nested loops and loops in algorithms.
This document provides an overview of algorithm analysis. It discusses how to analyze the time efficiency of algorithms by counting the number of operations and expressing efficiency using growth functions. Different common growth rates like constant, linear, quadratic, and exponential are introduced. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to determine the growth rate of different algorithms, including recursive algorithms, by deriving their time complexity functions. The key aspects covered are estimating algorithm runtime, comparing growth rates of algorithms, and using Big O notation to classify algorithms by their asymptotic behavior.
The document discusses compilers and their role in translating high-level programming languages into machine-readable code. It notes that compilers perform several key functions: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, generation of an intermediate representation, optimization of the intermediate code, and finally generation of assembly or machine code. The compiler allows programmers to write code in a high-level language that is easier for humans while still producing efficient low-level code that computers can execute.
This document discusses the complexity of algorithms and the tradeoff between algorithm cost and time. It defines algorithm complexity as a function of input size that measures the time and space used by an algorithm. Different complexity classes are described such as polynomial, sub-linear, and exponential time. Examples are given to find the complexity of bubble sort and linear search algorithms. The concept of space-time tradeoffs is introduced, where using more space can reduce computation time. Genetic algorithms are proposed to efficiently solve large-scale construction time-cost tradeoff problems.
This document discusses randomized algorithms. It begins by listing different categories of algorithms, including randomized algorithms. Randomized algorithms introduce randomness into the algorithm to avoid worst-case behavior and find efficient approximate solutions. Quicksort is presented as an example randomized algorithm, where randomness improves its average runtime from quadratic to linear. The document also discusses the randomized closest pair algorithm and a randomized algorithm for primality testing. Both introduce randomness to improve efficiency compared to deterministic algorithms for the same problems.
The document discusses asymptotic notations that are used to describe the time complexity of algorithms. It introduces big O notation, which describes asymptotic upper bounds, big Omega notation for lower bounds, and big Theta notation for tight bounds. Common time complexities are described such as O(1) for constant time, O(log N) for logarithmic time, and O(N^2) for quadratic time. The notations allow analyzing how efficiently algorithms use resources like time and space as the input size increases.
Performance analysis(Time & Space Complexity)swapnac12
The document discusses algorithms analysis and design. It covers time complexity and space complexity analysis using approaches like counting the number of basic operations like assignments, comparisons etc. and analyzing how they vary with the size of the input. Common complexities like constant, linear, quadratic and cubic are explained with examples. Frequency count method is presented to determine tight bounds of time and space complexity of algorithms.
The document discusses solving the 8 queens problem using backtracking. It begins by explaining backtracking as an algorithm that builds partial candidates for solutions incrementally and abandons any partial candidate that cannot be completed to a valid solution. It then provides more details on the 8 queens problem itself - the goal is to place 8 queens on a chessboard so that no two queens attack each other. Backtracking is well-suited for solving this problem by attempting to place queens one by one and backtracking when an invalid placement is found.
The document discusses recursion, including:
1) Recursion involves breaking a problem down into smaller subproblems until a base case is reached, then building up the solution to the overall problem from the solutions to the subproblems.
2) A recursive function is one that calls itself, with each call typically moving closer to a base case where the problem can be solved without recursion.
3) Recursion can be linear, involving one recursive call, or binary, involving two recursive calls to solve similar subproblems.
1) The document discusses complexity analysis of algorithms, which involves determining the time efficiency of algorithms by counting the number of basic operations performed based on input size.
2) It covers motivations for complexity analysis, machine independence, and analyzing best, average, and worst case complexities.
3) Simple rules are provided for determining the complexity of code structures like loops, nested loops, if/else statements, and switch cases based on the number of iterations and branching.
This slides contains assymptotic notations, recurrence relation like subtitution method, iteration method, master method and recursion tree method and sorting algorithms like merge sort, quick sort, heap sort, counting sort, radix sort and bucket sort.
The document discusses three address code, which is an intermediate code used by optimizing compilers. Three address code breaks expressions down into separate instructions that use at most three operands. Each instruction performs an assignment or binary operation on the operands. The code is implemented using quadruple, triple, or indirect triple representations. Quadruple representation stores each instruction in four fields for the operator, two operands, and result. Triple avoids temporaries by making two instructions. Indirect triple uses pointers to freely reorder subexpressions.
This document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It defines an algorithm as a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem or calculate a quantity. Algorithm analysis involves evaluating memory usage and time complexity. Asymptotics, such as Big-O notation, are used to formalize the growth rates of algorithms. Common sorting algorithms like insertion sort and quicksort are analyzed using recurrence relations to determine their time complexities as O(n^2) and O(nlogn), respectively.
The document discusses algorithm analysis and asymptotic notation. It defines algorithm analysis as comparing algorithms based on running time and other factors as problem size increases. Asymptotic notation such as Big-O, Big-Omega, and Big-Theta are introduced to classify algorithms based on how their running times grow relative to input size. Common time complexities like constant, logarithmic, linear, quadratic, and exponential are also covered. The properties and uses of asymptotic notation for equations and inequalities are explained.
Design and Analysis of Algorithm help to design the algorithms for solving different types of problems in Computer Science. It also helps to design and analyze the logic of how the program will work before developing the actual code for a program.
Strassen's algorithm improves on the basic matrix multiplication algorithm which runs in O(N3) time. It achieves this by dividing the matrices into sub-matrices and performing 7 multiplications and 18 additions on the sub-matrices, rather than the 8 multiplications of the basic algorithm. This results in a runtime of O(N2.81) using divide and conquer, providing an asymptotic improvement over the basic O(N3) algorithm.
This document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It defines an algorithm as a finite sequence of unambiguous instructions that terminate in a finite amount of time. It discusses areas of study like algorithm design techniques, analysis of time and space complexity, testing and validation. Common algorithm complexities like constant, logarithmic, linear, quadratic and exponential are explained. Performance analysis techniques like asymptotic analysis and amortized analysis using aggregate analysis, accounting method and potential method are also summarized.
This document describes binary search and provides an example of how it works. It begins with an introduction to binary search, noting that it can only be used on sorted lists and involves comparing the search key to the middle element. It then provides pseudocode for the binary search algorithm. The document analyzes the time complexity of binary search as O(log n) in the average and worst cases. It notes the advantages of binary search are its efficiency, while the disadvantage is that the list must be sorted. Applications mentioned include database searching and solving equations.
Introduction to data structures and AlgorithmDhaval Kaneria
This document provides an introduction to algorithms and data structures. It defines algorithms as step-by-step processes to solve problems and discusses their properties, including being unambiguous, composed of a finite number of steps, and terminating. The document outlines the development process for algorithms and discusses their time and space complexity, noting worst-case, average-case, and best-case scenarios. Examples of iterative and recursive algorithms for calculating factorials are provided to illustrate time and space complexity analyses.
The document discusses the analysis of algorithms. It begins by defining an algorithm and describing different types. It then covers analyzing algorithms in terms of correctness, time efficiency, space efficiency, and optimality through theoretical and empirical analysis. The document discusses analyzing time efficiency by determining the number of repetitions of basic operations as a function of input size. It provides examples of input size, basic operations, and formulas for counting operations. It also covers analyzing best, worst, and average cases and establishes asymptotic efficiency classes. The document then analyzes several examples of non-recursive and recursive algorithms.
The document discusses divide and conquer algorithms. It describes divide and conquer as a design strategy that involves dividing a problem into smaller subproblems, solving the subproblems recursively, and combining the solutions. It provides examples of divide and conquer algorithms like merge sort, quicksort, and binary search. Merge sort works by recursively sorting halves of an array until it is fully sorted. Quicksort selects a pivot element and partitions the array into subarrays of smaller and larger elements, recursively sorting the subarrays. Binary search recursively searches half-intervals of a sorted array to find a target value.
The document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It covers:
1) The definition of an algorithm and its key characteristics like being unambiguous, finite, and efficient.
2) The fundamental steps of algorithmic problem solving like understanding the problem, designing a solution, and analyzing efficiency.
3) Methods for specifying algorithms using pseudocode, flowcharts, or natural language.
4) Analyzing an algorithm's time and space efficiency using asymptotic analysis and orders of growth like best-case, worst-case, and average-case scenarios.
Breadth First Search & Depth First SearchKevin Jadiya
The slides attached here describes how Breadth first search and Depth First Search technique is used in Traversing a graph/tree with Algorithm and simple code snippet.
A brief introduction to Process synchronization in Operating Systems with classical examples and solutions using semaphores. A good starting tutorial for beginners.
Data Structures and Algorithm - Module 1.pptxEllenGrace9
This document provides an introduction to data structures and algorithms from instructor Ellen Grace Porras. It defines data structures as ways of organizing data to allow for efficient operations. Linear data structures like arrays, stacks, and queues arrange elements sequentially, while non-linear structures like trees and graphs have hierarchical relationships. The document discusses characteristics of good data structures and algorithms, provides examples of common algorithms, and distinguishes between linear and non-linear data structures. It aims to explain the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms.
The document discusses planning and problem solving in artificial intelligence. It describes planning problems as finding a sequence of actions to achieve a given goal state from an initial state. Common assumptions in planning include atomic time steps, deterministic actions, and a closed world. Blocks world examples are provided to illustrate planning domains and representations using states, goals, and operators. Classical planning approaches like STRIPS are summarized.
The document discusses the importance of algorithms and their role in problem solving. It defines what an algorithm is and explains that they are sets of instructions to solve problems efficiently. The document outlines different algorithm design techniques and how algorithms shape applications like search engines, recommendations, and maps. It also discusses qualities of good algorithms like correctness, termination, and performance and analyzing algorithms through pseudocode and empirical testing.
This document discusses algorithms and their design. It begins by defining an algorithm as a sequence of unambiguous instructions to solve a problem within a finite amount of time. It describes the steps to designing algorithms, including understanding the problem, choosing appropriate data structures and computational means, designing and proving the algorithm, analyzing it, and coding it. It then covers important problem types like sorting, searching, and graphs. Finally, it discusses fundamental data structures like arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, sets, bags and dictionaries.
The document discusses solving the 8 queens problem using backtracking. It begins by explaining backtracking as an algorithm that builds partial candidates for solutions incrementally and abandons any partial candidate that cannot be completed to a valid solution. It then provides more details on the 8 queens problem itself - the goal is to place 8 queens on a chessboard so that no two queens attack each other. Backtracking is well-suited for solving this problem by attempting to place queens one by one and backtracking when an invalid placement is found.
The document discusses recursion, including:
1) Recursion involves breaking a problem down into smaller subproblems until a base case is reached, then building up the solution to the overall problem from the solutions to the subproblems.
2) A recursive function is one that calls itself, with each call typically moving closer to a base case where the problem can be solved without recursion.
3) Recursion can be linear, involving one recursive call, or binary, involving two recursive calls to solve similar subproblems.
1) The document discusses complexity analysis of algorithms, which involves determining the time efficiency of algorithms by counting the number of basic operations performed based on input size.
2) It covers motivations for complexity analysis, machine independence, and analyzing best, average, and worst case complexities.
3) Simple rules are provided for determining the complexity of code structures like loops, nested loops, if/else statements, and switch cases based on the number of iterations and branching.
This slides contains assymptotic notations, recurrence relation like subtitution method, iteration method, master method and recursion tree method and sorting algorithms like merge sort, quick sort, heap sort, counting sort, radix sort and bucket sort.
The document discusses three address code, which is an intermediate code used by optimizing compilers. Three address code breaks expressions down into separate instructions that use at most three operands. Each instruction performs an assignment or binary operation on the operands. The code is implemented using quadruple, triple, or indirect triple representations. Quadruple representation stores each instruction in four fields for the operator, two operands, and result. Triple avoids temporaries by making two instructions. Indirect triple uses pointers to freely reorder subexpressions.
This document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It defines an algorithm as a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem or calculate a quantity. Algorithm analysis involves evaluating memory usage and time complexity. Asymptotics, such as Big-O notation, are used to formalize the growth rates of algorithms. Common sorting algorithms like insertion sort and quicksort are analyzed using recurrence relations to determine their time complexities as O(n^2) and O(nlogn), respectively.
The document discusses algorithm analysis and asymptotic notation. It defines algorithm analysis as comparing algorithms based on running time and other factors as problem size increases. Asymptotic notation such as Big-O, Big-Omega, and Big-Theta are introduced to classify algorithms based on how their running times grow relative to input size. Common time complexities like constant, logarithmic, linear, quadratic, and exponential are also covered. The properties and uses of asymptotic notation for equations and inequalities are explained.
Design and Analysis of Algorithm help to design the algorithms for solving different types of problems in Computer Science. It also helps to design and analyze the logic of how the program will work before developing the actual code for a program.
Strassen's algorithm improves on the basic matrix multiplication algorithm which runs in O(N3) time. It achieves this by dividing the matrices into sub-matrices and performing 7 multiplications and 18 additions on the sub-matrices, rather than the 8 multiplications of the basic algorithm. This results in a runtime of O(N2.81) using divide and conquer, providing an asymptotic improvement over the basic O(N3) algorithm.
This document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It defines an algorithm as a finite sequence of unambiguous instructions that terminate in a finite amount of time. It discusses areas of study like algorithm design techniques, analysis of time and space complexity, testing and validation. Common algorithm complexities like constant, logarithmic, linear, quadratic and exponential are explained. Performance analysis techniques like asymptotic analysis and amortized analysis using aggregate analysis, accounting method and potential method are also summarized.
This document describes binary search and provides an example of how it works. It begins with an introduction to binary search, noting that it can only be used on sorted lists and involves comparing the search key to the middle element. It then provides pseudocode for the binary search algorithm. The document analyzes the time complexity of binary search as O(log n) in the average and worst cases. It notes the advantages of binary search are its efficiency, while the disadvantage is that the list must be sorted. Applications mentioned include database searching and solving equations.
Introduction to data structures and AlgorithmDhaval Kaneria
This document provides an introduction to algorithms and data structures. It defines algorithms as step-by-step processes to solve problems and discusses their properties, including being unambiguous, composed of a finite number of steps, and terminating. The document outlines the development process for algorithms and discusses their time and space complexity, noting worst-case, average-case, and best-case scenarios. Examples of iterative and recursive algorithms for calculating factorials are provided to illustrate time and space complexity analyses.
The document discusses the analysis of algorithms. It begins by defining an algorithm and describing different types. It then covers analyzing algorithms in terms of correctness, time efficiency, space efficiency, and optimality through theoretical and empirical analysis. The document discusses analyzing time efficiency by determining the number of repetitions of basic operations as a function of input size. It provides examples of input size, basic operations, and formulas for counting operations. It also covers analyzing best, worst, and average cases and establishes asymptotic efficiency classes. The document then analyzes several examples of non-recursive and recursive algorithms.
The document discusses divide and conquer algorithms. It describes divide and conquer as a design strategy that involves dividing a problem into smaller subproblems, solving the subproblems recursively, and combining the solutions. It provides examples of divide and conquer algorithms like merge sort, quicksort, and binary search. Merge sort works by recursively sorting halves of an array until it is fully sorted. Quicksort selects a pivot element and partitions the array into subarrays of smaller and larger elements, recursively sorting the subarrays. Binary search recursively searches half-intervals of a sorted array to find a target value.
The document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It covers:
1) The definition of an algorithm and its key characteristics like being unambiguous, finite, and efficient.
2) The fundamental steps of algorithmic problem solving like understanding the problem, designing a solution, and analyzing efficiency.
3) Methods for specifying algorithms using pseudocode, flowcharts, or natural language.
4) Analyzing an algorithm's time and space efficiency using asymptotic analysis and orders of growth like best-case, worst-case, and average-case scenarios.
Breadth First Search & Depth First SearchKevin Jadiya
The slides attached here describes how Breadth first search and Depth First Search technique is used in Traversing a graph/tree with Algorithm and simple code snippet.
A brief introduction to Process synchronization in Operating Systems with classical examples and solutions using semaphores. A good starting tutorial for beginners.
Data Structures and Algorithm - Module 1.pptxEllenGrace9
This document provides an introduction to data structures and algorithms from instructor Ellen Grace Porras. It defines data structures as ways of organizing data to allow for efficient operations. Linear data structures like arrays, stacks, and queues arrange elements sequentially, while non-linear structures like trees and graphs have hierarchical relationships. The document discusses characteristics of good data structures and algorithms, provides examples of common algorithms, and distinguishes between linear and non-linear data structures. It aims to explain the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms.
The document discusses planning and problem solving in artificial intelligence. It describes planning problems as finding a sequence of actions to achieve a given goal state from an initial state. Common assumptions in planning include atomic time steps, deterministic actions, and a closed world. Blocks world examples are provided to illustrate planning domains and representations using states, goals, and operators. Classical planning approaches like STRIPS are summarized.
The document discusses the importance of algorithms and their role in problem solving. It defines what an algorithm is and explains that they are sets of instructions to solve problems efficiently. The document outlines different algorithm design techniques and how algorithms shape applications like search engines, recommendations, and maps. It also discusses qualities of good algorithms like correctness, termination, and performance and analyzing algorithms through pseudocode and empirical testing.
This document discusses algorithms and their design. It begins by defining an algorithm as a sequence of unambiguous instructions to solve a problem within a finite amount of time. It describes the steps to designing algorithms, including understanding the problem, choosing appropriate data structures and computational means, designing and proving the algorithm, analyzing it, and coding it. It then covers important problem types like sorting, searching, and graphs. Finally, it discusses fundamental data structures like arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, sets, bags and dictionaries.
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This Data Structures and Algorithms contain 15 Units and each Unit contains 60 to 80 slides in it.
Contents…
• Introduction
• Algorithm Analysis
• Asymptotic Notation
• Foundational Data Structures
• Data Types and Abstraction
• Stacks, Queues and Deques
• Ordered Lists and Sorted Lists
• Hashing, Hash Tables and Scatter Tables
• Trees and Search Trees
• Heaps and Priority Queues
• Sets, Multi-sets and Partitions
• Dynamic Storage Allocation: The Other Kind of Heap
• Algorithmic Patterns and Problem Solvers
• Sorting Algorithms and Sorters
• Graphs and Graph Algorithms
• Class Hierarchy Diagrams
• Character Codes
Performance is a process of assessment of the algorithm. Speed and security is the performance to be achieved in determining which algorithm is better to use. In determining the optimum route, there are two algorithms that can be used for comparison. The Genetic and Primary algorithms are two very popular algorithms for determining the optimum route on the graph. Prim can minimize circuit to avoid connected loop. Prim will determine the best route based on active vertex. This algorithm is especially useful when applied in a minimum spanning tree case. Genetics works with probability properties. Genetics cannot determine which route has the maximum value. However, genetics can determine the overall optimum route based on appropriate parameters. Each algorithm can be used for the case of the shortest path, minimum spanning tree or traveling salesman problem. The Prim algorithm is superior to the speed of Genetics. The strength of the Genetic algorithm lies in the number of generations and population generated as well as the selection, crossover and mutation processes as the resultant support. The disadvantage of the Genetic algorithm is spending to much time to get the desired result. Overall, the Prim algorithm has better performance than Genetic especially for a large number of vertices.
This document provides an introduction to the analysis of algorithms. It defines an algorithm and lists key properties including being finite, definite, and able to produce the correct output for any valid input. Common computational problems and basic algorithm design strategies are outlined. Asymptotic notations for analyzing time and space efficiency are introduced. Examples of algorithms for calculating the greatest common divisor and determining if a number is prime are provided and analyzed. Fundamental data structures and techniques for analyzing recursive algorithms are also discussed.
Mathematical models and algorithms challengesijctcm
This paper succinctly illustrates challenges encountered when modelling systems mathematically.
Mathematical modelling entirely entails math symbols, numbers and relations forming a functional
equation. These mathematical equations can represent any system of interests, also provides ease computer
simulations. Mathematical models are extensively utilized in different fields i.e. engineering, by scientists,
and analysts to give a clear understanding of the problem. Modelling contributed a lot since inversion of
the concept. Simple and complex structures erected as a result of modelling. In that sense modelling is an
important part of engineering. It can be referred to as the primary building block of every system. A
complex model however is not an ideal solution. Engineers have to be cautious not to discard all
information as this might render the designed model useless – as detailed in this paper the model should be
simple with all necessary and relevant data. Basically the purpose of this paper is to show the importance
and clearly explain in detail challenges encountered when modelling
This document discusses data structures and their role in organizing data efficiently for computer programs. It defines key concepts like abstract data types, algorithms, and problems. It also provides examples to illustrate selecting the appropriate data structure based on the operations and constraints of a problem. A banking application is used to demonstrate how hash tables are suitable because they allow extremely fast searching by account numbers while also supporting efficient insertion and deletion. B-trees are shown to be better than hash tables for a city database because they enable fast range queries in addition to exact searches. Overall, the document emphasizes that each data structure has costs and benefits, and a careful analysis is needed to determine the best structure for a given problem.
Innovations in t-way test creation based on a hybrid hill climbing-greedy alg...IAESIJAI
This document describes a hybrid algorithm called the hybrid greedy hill climbing algorithm (HGHC) for generating t-way test cases. HGHC combines greedy and hill climbing metaheuristic algorithms to produce near-optimal test cases with fewer rows than other techniques. The document outlines the limitations of hill climbing and greedy algorithms individually, and explains how HGHC leverages the benefits of both by using greedy techniques to guide the hill climbing search towards better solutions. An experimental evaluation found that HGHC outperforms other methods in generating smaller test suites.
This document provides an introduction to algorithms and algorithm problem solving. It discusses understanding the problem, designing an algorithm, proving correctness, analyzing the algorithm, and coding the algorithm. It also provides examples of algorithm problems involving air travel, a xerox shop, document similarity, and drawing geometric figures. Key aspects of algorithms like being unambiguous, having well-defined inputs and outputs, and being finite are explained. Techniques for exact and approximate algorithms are also covered.
This document provides an overview of a lecture on designing and analyzing computer algorithms. It discusses key concepts like what an algorithm and program are, common algorithm design techniques like divide-and-conquer and greedy methods, and how to analyze algorithms' time and space complexity. The goals of analyzing algorithms are to understand their behavior, improve efficiency, and determine whether problems can be solved within a reasonable time frame.
The document summarizes a lecture on algorithms and algorithm design from a course on algorithms. It introduces the concept of algorithms and what will be covered in the course, which includes analyzing algorithms, sorting techniques as a case study, and various algorithmic problems and solutions. It also discusses implementation issues and keeping mathematical analysis independent of specific programming languages or machines. As an example, it analyzes the brute force algorithm for solving the 2D maxima problem in pseudo-code and calculates its running time.
The document provides an introduction to algorithms presented by Sachin Sharma Bhandari. It defines algorithms, discusses analyzing time and space efficiency, and provides examples of sorting and other problems solved by algorithms. It also reviews data structures like stacks, queues, linked lists, and binary trees that are important for algorithm design.
Ds03 part i algorithms by jyoti lakhanijyoti_lakhani
The document defines an algorithm as a finite sequence of unambiguous instructions to solve a problem and produce an output from given inputs. It notes that algorithms have advantages like being easy to plan, implement, understand and debug. The key aspects of algorithms discussed are that they must be step-by-step, unambiguous and able to solve problems in a finite amount of time. The document also discusses analyzing and choosing between algorithms, as well as designing, proving, coding and analyzing algorithms.
This document discusses the assignment problem and provides an overview of the Hungarian algorithm for solving assignment problems. It begins by defining the assignment problem and describing it as a special case of the transportation problem. It then provides details on the Hungarian algorithm, including the key theorems and steps involved. An example problem of assigning salespeople to cities is presented and solved using the Hungarian algorithm to find the optimal assignment with minimum total cost. The document concludes that the Hungarian algorithm provides an efficient solution for minimizing assignment problems.
This document discusses the use of mathematical programming to optimize supply chain management. It begins with an introduction to mathematical programming and its applications in supply chain management. It then presents a generic mixed-integer programming model for supply chain configuration that aims to minimize total costs. The model includes constraints related to demand fulfillment, facility flows, capacity, material availability and open facilities. The document discusses common modifications to the generic model, such as incorporating international factors, inventory, transportation and policies. It provides two case studies that apply the generic model to analyze costs for different companies. The conclusion states that mathematical programming allows comparison of costs between products and optimization of production costs and systems.
This document discusses the use of mathematical programming to optimize supply chain management. It begins with an introduction to mathematical programming and its applications in supply chain management. It then describes a generic mixed-integer programming model for supply chain configuration that aims to minimize total costs. The model includes constraints related to demand fulfillment, facility flows, capacity, material availability and open facilities. The document also discusses common modifications to the generic model, such as incorporating international factors, inventory, transportation and policies. It provides two case studies that apply the generic model to analyze different companies' supply chain costs.
An approach to solve the N-Queens Problem using Artificial Intelligence algor...IRJET Journal
This document describes an approach to solving the N-Queens problem using the Min-Conflicts artificial intelligence algorithm. The N-Queens problem involves placing N queens on an NxN chessboard so that no two queens attack each other. The Min-Conflicts algorithm works by randomly selecting a queen and relocating it to a position with fewer conflicts, or by selecting a new queen if no such position exists. The algorithm is shown to find the unique solution to the problem in polynomial time for sample board sizes. Potential applications of the algorithm include scheduling and VLSI design problems.
A review of automatic differentiationand its efficient implementationssuserfa7e73
Automatic differentiation is a powerful tool for automatically calculating derivatives of mathematical functions and algorithms. It works by expressing the target function as a sequence of elementary operations and then applying the chain rule to differentiate each operation. This can be done using either forward or reverse mode. Forward mode calculates how changes in inputs propagate through the function to influence the outputs, while reverse mode calculates how changes in outputs backpropagate to influence the inputs. Both modes require performing the computation twice - once for the forward pass and once for the derivative pass. Careful implementation is required to make automatic differentiation efficient in terms of speed and memory usage.
This document discusses numerical methods and their applications. It begins by defining numerical methods as approaches for solving complex mathematical problems using simple arithmetic operations. Numerical methods are needed because many models cannot be solved analytically or the analytic solution is too costly. The key steps in solving a problem numerically are formulating the mathematical model, constructing an appropriate numerical method, implementing the method, obtaining a solution, and validating the solution. Engineering applications of numerical methods include modeling mechanical systems, analyzing structural loads and vibrations, and simulating processes like combustion and spacecraft re-entry. Everyday applications include modeling airflow over airplanes, estimating ocean currents, analyzing shock waves, and fitting curves to tabular data like in electromagnetics simulations.
This document provides an overview of machine learning concepts including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning. It discusses common machine learning applications and challenges. Key topics covered include linear regression, classification, clustering, neural networks, bias-variance tradeoff, and model selection. Evaluation techniques like training error, validation error, and test error are also summarized.
INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA AND HADOOP
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Introduction to Big Data, Types of Digital Data, Challenges of conventional systems - Web data, Evolution of analytic processes and tools, Analysis Vs reporting - Big Data Analytics, Introduction to Hadoop - Distributed Computing
Challenges - History of Hadoop, Hadoop Eco System - Use case of Hadoop – Hadoop Distributors – HDFS – Processing Data with Hadoop – Map Reduce.
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Design and analysis of algorithms
1. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF
ALGORITHMS
Dr. G.Geetha Mohan
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Jerusalem College of Engineering,
Chennai-600100
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2. Outline
Notion of an Algorithm
Fundamentals of Algorithmic Problem
Solving
Important ProblemTypes
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3. What is a Computer Algorithm?
A sequence of unambiguous instructions
for solving a problem
For obtaining a required output for any
legitimate input in a finite amount of time
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4. Computer Algorithm Vs Program
Computer algorithm
A detailed step-by-step method for
solving a problem using a computer
Program
An implementation of one or more
algorithms.
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5. Find Greatest Common Divisor of
Two Nonnegative
1. Euclid’s algorithm
gcd(m n) = gcd(n, m mod n)
gcd(60, 24) = gcd(24, 12) = gcd(12, 0) = 12.
2. Consecutive integer checking
algorithm
For numbers 60 and 24, the algorithm will
try first 24, then 23, and so on, until it
reaches 12, where it stops.
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6. Find Greatest Common Divisor of
Two Nonnegative
Middle-school procedure
for the numbers 60 and 24, we get
60 = 2 . 2 . 3 . 5
24 = 2 . 2 . 2 . 3
gcd(60, 24) = 2 . 2 . 3 = 12.
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8. Notion of algorithm
Non-ambiguity requirement for each step of an
algorithm
Range of inputs for which an algorithm works has
to be specified
Same algorithm can be represented in several
different ways.
Exist several algorithms for solving the same
problem.
Algorithms for the same problem can be based on
very different ideas and can solve the problem
with dramatically different speeds.
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9. Understand the problem
Decide on: Computational means
Exact vs Approximate solution
Algorithm design technique
Design an algorithm
Data structures
Prove correctness
Analyze the algorithm
Code the algorithm
Algorithm Design And Analysis Process
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10. 1.Understand the problem
Understand completely the problem
given
Input
Output
An input to an algorithm specifies an
instance of the problem the algorithm
solves.
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11. 2.1 Ascertaining the Capabilities of
the Computational Device
Sequential Algorithms
Instructions are executed one after another,
one operation at a time.
Random-access Machine (RAM)
Parallel Algorithms
Execute operations concurrently( parallel)
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12. 2.2 Choosing between Exact and
Approximate Problem Solving
Exact algorithm
Approximation algorithm
Extracting square roots,
Solving nonlinear equations,
Evaluating definite integrals
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13. 2.3 Algorithm Design Technique
An algorithm design technique
(“strategy” or “paradigm”)
General approach to solving problems
algorithmically that is applicable to a variety
of problems from different areas of
computing.
Algorithm design techniques make it
possible to classify algorithms according to
an underlying design idea
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14. 3.Designing an Algorithm and Data
Structures
Several techniques need to be combined,
Hard to pinpoint as applications of the
known design techniques
Algorithms+ data structures = programs
Object-oriented programming
Data structures remain crucially
important for both design and analysis of
algorithms.
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15. Methods of Specifying an Algorithm
Pseudo code
A mixture of a natural language and
programming language
Flowchart
A method of expressing an algorithm by a
collection of connected geometric shapes
containing descriptions of the algorithm’s
steps.
Programs
Another way of specifying the algorithm
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16. 4.Prove Correctness
To prove that the algorithm yields a
required result for every legitimate input in
a finite amount of time
A common technique for proving correctness is to use
mathematical induction
Tracing the algorithm’s performance for a few specific
inputs to show that an algorithm is incorrect
The notion of correctness for
Exact algorithms -straight forward
Approximation algorithms- less straight forward
to be able to show that the error produced by the
algorithm does not exceed a predefined limit.
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17. 5.Analyze the Algorithm
Efficiency
Time efficiency,
How fast the algorithm runs,
Space efficiency,
How much extra memory it uses.
Simplicity
Easier to understand and easier to program
Generality
Issues - Algorithm solves
Set of inputs it accepts
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18. 6. Code the Algorithm
Programming an algorithm
both a peril and an opportunity.
Test and debug program thoroughly
whenever implement an algorithm.
Implementing an algorithm correctly is
necessary but not sufficient
An analysis is based on timing the
program on several inputs and then
analyzing the results obtained.
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19. 6. Code the Algorithm (cond…)
Algorithm’s Optimality.
Not about the efficiency of an algorithm
About the complexity of the problem it solves
What is the minimum amount of effort any
algorithm will need to exert to solve the
problem?
Another important issue of algorithmic problem
solving
Whether or not every problem can be solved
by an algorithm.
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20. Algorithms
Inventing (or discovering?) Algorithms is
a very creative and rewarding process.
A good algorithm is a result of repeated
effort and rework
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22. 1. Sorting
Rearrange the items of a given list in non
decreasing order
Specially chosen piece of information- key
Used as an auxiliary step in several important
algorithms in other areas
Geometric Algorithms and Data Compression
Greedy approach an important algorithm design
technique requires a sorted input.
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23. 1. Sorting
Two properties
Stable
Preserves the relative order of any two
equal elements in its input.
In-place
The amount of extra memory the
algorithm requires
An algorithm is said to be in-place if it
does not require extra memory
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24. 2. Searching
Deals with finding a given value, called a
search key, in a given set
(or a multiset, which permits several
elements to have the same value)
Sequential Search or linear Search
Binary search
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25. 2. Searching
Considered in conjunction with two
other operations:
Addition to
Deletion from the data set of an item.
Data structures and Algorithms should be
chosen to strike a balance among the
requirements of each operation.
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26. 3. String processing
Sequence of characters from an alphabet
Strings of particular interest are
Text strings, which comprise letters,
numbers, and special characters;
Bit strings, which comprise zeros and ones;
Gene sequences, which can be modeled by
strings of characters from the four-
character alphabet {A,C, G,T}.
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28. 4. Graph Problems
Collection of points called vertices,
Some of which are connected by line
segments called edges.
Used for modeling a wide variety of
applications
Transportation,
Communication,
Social and Economic networks
Project scheduling
Games.
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29. Graph Problems
Basic graph algorithms
Graph traversal algorithms
How can one reach all the points in a
network?
Shortest-path algorithms
What is the best route between two cities?
Topological sorting for graphs with
directed edges
set of courses with their prerequisites
consistent or self-contradictory?.
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30. Graph Problems
Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)
Problem of finding the shortest tour
through n cities that visits every city
exactly once.
Route Planning
Circuit board
VLSI chip fabrication
X-ray crystallography
Genetic Engineering
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31. Graph Problems
Graph-coloring problem
seeks to assign the smallest number of
colors to the vertices of a graph so that
no two adjacent vertices are the same
color
Event Scheduling:
Events are represented by vertices that are connected
by an edge if and only if the corresponding events
cannot be scheduled at the same time, a solution to the
graph-coloring problem yields an optimal schedule.
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32. 5. Combinatorial Problems
Traveling Salesman Problem and the
Graph Coloring Problem are examples of
combinatorial problems.
These are problems that ask, explicitly or
implicitly, to find a combinatorial object
such as a permutation, a combination, or a
subset that satisfies certain constraints.
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33. 5. Combinatorial Problems
Issues
Number of combinatorial objects typically grows
extremely fast with a problem’s size, reaching
unimaginable magnitudes even for moderate-
sized instances.
There are no known algorithms for solving most
such problems exactly in an acceptable amount
of time.
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34. 6.Geometric Algorithms
Geometric algorithms deal with geometric
objects such as points, lines, and polygons.
Ancient Greeks -developing procedures
For solving a variety of geometric problems,
Constructing simple geometric shapes
-triangles, circles
Computer graphics
Robotics
Tomography
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35. 6.Geometric Algorithms
Closest-pair problem
Given n points in the plane, find the closest
pair among them.
Convex-hull problem
To find the smallest convex polygon that
would include all the points of a given set.
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36. 7. Numerical problems
Problems that involve mathematical
objects of continuous nature
Solving equations
Systems of equations,
Computing definite integrals,
Evaluating functions
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37. 7. Numerical problems
Mathematical problems can be solved
only approximately
Problems typically require manipulating
real numbers, which can be represented
in a computer only approximately.
Large number of arithmetic operations
performed on approximately represented
numbers can lead to an accumulation of
the round-off
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38. Modeling the Real World
Cast your application in terms of well-studied abstract
data structures
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Concrete Abstract
arrangement, tour, ordering, sequence permutation
cluster, collection, committee, group, packaging, selection subsets
hierarchy, ancestor/descendants, taxonomy trees
network, circuit, web, relationship graph
sites, positions, locations points
shapes, regions, boundaries polygons
text, characters, patterns strings
39. Real-World Applications
Hardware design: VLSI
chips
Compilers
Computer graphics: movies,
video games
Routing messages in the
Internet
Searching the Web
Distributed file sharing
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• Computer aided design and
manufacturing
• Security: e-commerce,
voting machines
• Multimedia: CD player, DVD,
MP3, JPG, HDTV
• DNA sequencing, protein
folding
• and many more!
40. Some Important Problem Types
Sorting
◦ a set of items
Searching
◦ among a set of items
String processing
◦ text, bit strings, gene
sequences
Graphs
◦ model objects and their
relationships
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• Combinatorial
– find desired permutation,
combination or subset
• Geometric
– graphics, imaging,
robotics
• Numerical
– continuous math: solving
equations, evaluating
functions
41. Algorithm Design Techniques
• Brute Force & Exhaustive
Search
– follow definition / try all
possibilities
• Divide & Conquer
– break problem into
distinct subproblems
• Transformation
– convert problem to
another one
• Dynamic Programming
– break problem into overlapping
sub problems
• Greedy
– repeatedly do what is best now
• Iterative Improvement
– repeatedly improve current
solution
• Randomization
– use random numbers
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