Topics for the Final Examination |
CSE 417: Algorithms The University of Washington, Seattle, Winter 2013 |
Date: Tuesday, March 19 |
Format: Closed-book, closed-notes. No computers, calculators, or communication devices. Written answers. |
Topics:
The Gale-Shapley algorithm Big O, Omega, and Theta Graph algorithms Depth-first search Breadth-first search Bipartiteness detection Binary heap representation of priority queues UNION/FIND abstract data type Uptree implementation Topological sorting Greedy algorithms Interval scheduling Kruskal's MST algorithm Using Kruskal's algorithm for finding connected components Huffman tree construction and Huffman codes Dynamic Programing algorithms Fibonacci number calculation Memoization Recurrence equations Change-making with the minimum number of coins Weighted interval scheduling problem Segmented least squares problem Knapsack problem Sequence alignment longest common subsequences Divide-and-conquer algorithms Mergesort Inversion counting Closest-pair problem Polynomial evaluation Convolution Fast Fourier Transform Network Flow Flow network representation with graphs Maximum s-t flow Cuts Augmenting path Ford-Fulkerson algorithm NP-Complete Problems The class P The class EXP The class NP and certifiers Polynomial reducibility: Cook vs Karp CIRCUIT-SAT, the "natural" NP-complete problem INDEP-SET, VERTEX-COVER, SET-COVER, 3-SAT, HAM-CYCLE, DIR-HAM-CYCLE, TSP Reductions covered in class for the above problems.On this test you may be asked to give algorithms. You will be instructed to use either pseudocode or an English description. (You will not need to give Python code.) You may be asked to give a short proof or explanation for the running time of one or more algorithms. You will be able to write your answers on the test paper. |