======Algorithms, Fall 2019======
The goal of this course is to acquaint the students with basic computer
algorithms and their design principles and to cultivate the students' ability
in designing and analyzing algorithms independently.

=====Announcements=====
  * 01/18: grade report available; please send inquiries, if any, to the instructor by 10AM 01/20.
  * 12/31: slides from TA sessions: {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw6.pdf|HW#6}}, {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw7.pdf|HW#7}}, {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw8.pdf|HW#8}}, {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw9.pdf|HW#9}}.
  * 12/19: {{courses:alg2019:hw10.pdf|HW#10}} due on 12/31; ICPC 2019 World Finals {{courses:alg2019:icpc2019WorldFinalsProblemE.pdf|Problem E}} and {{courses:alg2019:icpc2019WorldFinalsProblemH.pdf|Problem H}}.
  * 12/17: notes/slides for Reduction and for NP-Completeness available.
  * 12/10: {{courses:alg2019:hw9.pdf|HW#9}} due on 12/17.
  * 12/10: notes/slides for Dynamic Programming available.
  * 11/25: {{courses:alg2019:hw8.pdf|HW#8}} due on 12/03.
  * 11/25: notes/slides for Advanced Graph Algorithms available.
  * 11/19: {{courses:alg2019:hw7.pdf|HW#7}} due on 11/26.
  * 11/12: {{courses:alg2019:alg2019mid_s.pdf|Suggested Solutions to Midterm Problems}} available.
  * 11/12: notes/slides for Basic Graph Algorithms available.
  * 10/30: slides from TA sessions: {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw1.pdf|HW#1}}, {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw2.pdf|HW#2}}, {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw3.pdf|HW#3}}, {{courses:alg2019:alg2019hw4.pdf|HW#4}}.
  * 10/30: {{courses:alg:old_exams.zip|old exams}}.
  * 10/29: {{courses:alg2019:hw6.pdf|HW#6}} due on 11/12.
  * 10/29: notes/slides for String Processing available.
  * 10/15: notes/slides for Searching and Sorting available.
  * 10/13: {{courses:alg2019:hw5.pdf|HW#5}} due on 10/29; ACM ICPC 2019 World Finals {{courses:alg2019:ICPC2019WorldFinalsProblemA.pdf|Problem A}}.
  * 10/08: {{courses:alg2019:hw4.pdf|HW#4}} due on 10/15.
  * 10/08: notes/slides for A Supplement to Data Structures available.
  * 10/01: {{courses:alg2019:hw3.pdf|HW#3}} due on 10/08.
  * 10/01: notes/slides for Design by Induction available.
  * 09/23: {{courses:alg2019:hw2.pdf|HW#2}} due on 10/01.
  * 09/23: notes/slides for Analysis of Algorithms available.
  * 09/16: {{courses:alg2019:hw1.pdf|HW#1}} due on 09/24.
  * 09/10: notes/slides for Introduction and for Mathematical Induction available.
  * 09/03: this website created on 08/31.
=====Instructor=====
[[http://im.ntu.edu.tw/~tsay/|Yih-Kuen Tsay (蔡益坤)]], NTU IM Dept.,
3366-1189, ''Xtsay@ntu.edu.twX'' (between the enclosing pair of X's).

=====Lectures=====
Tuesday 2:20~5:20PM, Room 103, Management Building 2. \\ TA
sessions will be scheduled prior to some of the class meetings between 1:20
and 2:10PM; see the course schedule below.

=====Office Hours=====
Tuesday 1:30~2:00PM, Wednesday 1:30~2:00PM, or by appointment, Room 1108,
Management Building 2.

=====TAs=====
Hung-Yang Lin (林宏陽), ''Xr08725027@ntu.edu.twX'' (between the enclosing pair of X's). \\
Wayne Zeng (曾守瑜), ''Xr08725038@ntu.edu.twX'' (between the enclosing pair of X's). \\
Rose Chou (周若涓), ''Xr08725008@ntu.edu.twX'' (between the enclosing pair of X's).
=====Textbooks=====
  * [M] //[[http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Creative-Udi-Manber/dp/0201120372/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329702126&sr=1-1|Introduction to Algorithms - A Creative Approach]]//, U. Manber, Addison-Wesley, 1989. (Four copies of this book have been put on reserve at NTU Library in the B1-教師指定參考書區 under 演算法(BM-4). Additionally, eleven copies are available for loan; please contact one of the TAs.)
  * [C] //[[http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Thomas-H-Cormen/dp/0262033844/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c|Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition]]//, T.H. Cormen, C.E. Leiserson, R.L. Rivest, and C. Stein, MIT Press, 2009. (開發圖書代理; one copy of this book has been put on reserve at NTU Library in the B1-教師指定參考書區 under (FF-9).)

=====Syllabus/Schedule (with links to notes/slides)=====
This course provides an introduction to the design and analysis of computer
algorithms. A particular emphasis is given to **principles of mathematical
induction** and their use in designing algorithms. The course will cover most
of Manber's book plus supplementary material, including a few chapters of the
book by Cormen //et al.// (Note: a TA session will precede a class meeting
whose date is marked with an *. There are six TA sessions on 9/24, 10/8,
10/29, 11/19, 12/10, and 12/31.)
  *Introduction [M: Ch. 1; C: Ch. 1,2] (.5 week: 9/10a) [{{courses:alg2019:ch1_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch1_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  *Mathematical Induction [M: Ch. 2; C: Ch. 4] (1.5 weeks: 9/10b, 9/17) [{{courses:alg2019:ch2_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch2_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  *Analysis of Algorithms [M: Ch. 3; C: Ch. 2,3,4] (1 week: 9/24*) [{{courses:alg2019:ch3_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch3_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  *Design by Induction [M: Ch. 5] (1.5 weeks: 10/1, 10/8a*) [{{courses:alg2019:ch5_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch5_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  *Data Structures: A Supplement [M: Ch. 4; C: Ch. 6,13,21] (1 week: 10/8b, 10/15a) [{{courses:alg2019:ch4_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch4_slides.pdf|slides}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch4_slides_avl.pptx|Building an AVL Tree (Illustration)}}]
  *Searching and Sorting [M: Ch. 6;  C: Ch. 6,7,8,9] (1.5 weeks: 10/15b, 10/22) [{{courses:alg2019:ch6_notes_a.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch6_slides_a.pdf|slides}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch6_slides_heapsort.pptx|Heapsort (Illustration)}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch6_slides_heapbottomup.pptx|Bottom-Up Heap Building (Illustration)}}]
  *String Processing [M: Ch. 6;  C: Ch. 32] (1 week: 10/29*) [{{courses:alg2019:ch6_notes_b.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch6_slides_b.pdf|slides}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch6_slides_huffman.pptx|Construction of a Huffman Tree (Illustration)}}]
  * **Midterm** (**2019/11/05**)
  *Graph Algorithms: Basic [M: Ch. 7;  C: Ch. 22,23,24,25,26] (2 weeks: 11/12, 11/19*) [{{courses:alg2019:ch7_notes_a.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch7_slides_a.pdf|slides}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch7_slides_dijkstras.pptx|Dijkstra's Algorithm (Illustration)}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch7_slides_mst.pptx|Prim's Algorithm (Illustration)}}]
  *Graph Algorithms: Advanced [M: Ch. 7;  C: Ch. 22,23,24,25,26] (2 weeks: 11/26, 12/3) [{{courses:alg2019:ch7_notes_b.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch7_slides_b.pdf|slides}}]
  *Dynamic Programming [C: Ch.15] (1 week: 12/10*) [{{courses:alg2019:dynamic_prog_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:dynamic_prog_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  *Reduction [M: Ch. 10; C: Ch. 29] (1 week: 12/17) [{{courses:alg2019:ch10_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch10_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  *NP-Completeness [M: Ch. 11; C: Ch. 34] (2 weeks: 12/24, 12/31*) [{{courses:alg2019:ch11_notes.pdf|notes}}, {{courses:alg2019:ch11_slides.pdf|slides}}]
  * **Final** (**2020/01/07**)

=====References=====
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_induction|Mathematical Induction]] (a Wikipedia page)
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_induction|Structural Induction]] (a Wikipedia page)
  * MIT OpenCourseWare: [[http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-006-introduction-to-algorithms-spring-2008/|Introduction to Algorithms]]
  * Stanford Coursera: [[https://www.coursera.org/algo/auth/welcome|Design and Analysis of Algorithms]]
  * [[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2093549&CFID=70582427&CFTOKEN=84470362|What is an Algorithm?]] (M.Y. Vardi, Communications of the ACM, Volume 55 Issue 3, March 2012)
  * [[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~harrison/Java/sorting-demo.html|Animated Sorting Algorithms]]
  * [[http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~skiena/combinatorica/animations/|Graph Animations with Combinatorica]]
  * The website of [[http://icpc.baylor.edu/welcome.icpc|ICPC]] (International Collegiate Programming Contest)

=====Grading=====
Homework 20%, Participation 10%, Midterm 35%, Final 35%.