CR: COMP 3804 Learning Objectives

Assumed Background

COMP 2402 and COMP 2804.

Learning Objectives

Objectives for the whole course

• Designing algorithms, their correctness and efficiency.
• How to think about abstract computation - develop algorithmic intution - how to attack a problem algorithmically.
• Algorithmic techniques - learn key techniques (greed, divid-and-conquer, dynamic programming, LP, ..) - which technique to use for a given problem.
• How to compare one algorithmic solution versus another for a problem
• How to express the algorithmic solution - pseodcode - steps - analyze - argue that it is correct - essentially how will you explain your algorithmic solutions to others?

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