Catalog Description: Design and analysis of efficient algorithms for combinatorial problems. Network flow theory, matching theory, matroid theory; augmenting-path algorithms; branch-and-bound algorithms; data structure techniques for efficient implementation of combinatorial algorithms; analysis of data structures; applications of data structure techniques to sorting, searching, and geometric problems.

Units: 3

Prerequisites: COMPSCI 170

Formats:
Spring: 3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0 hours of discussion per week
Fall: 3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0 hours of discussion per week

Grading basis: letter

Final exam status: No final exam

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Class Schedule (Fall 2024):
CS 270 – TuTh 11:00-12:29, Soda 306 – Satish B Rao

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Related Areas:

• Theory (THY)