Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description

CODE CSA2018

 
TITLE Data Structures and Algorithms 2

 
UM LEVEL 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL Not Applicable

 
ECTS CREDITS 6

 
DEPARTMENT Intelligent Computer Systems

 
DESCRIPTION In this unit a number of algorithms discussed in Data Structures & Algorithms I, will be treated with a formal analysis of their efficiency. The unit will also introduce more advanced data structures and their associated algorithms. Topics covered are: graphs and their associated searching and traversal algorithms, hashing techniques, statistical algorithms, indexing algorithms, string algorithms, dynamic programming, and game playing. Additional topics related to search technology will be introduced including: basic IR concepts, boolean, vectors, probabilistic and fuzzy ranking models, evaluation of results: precision and recall, TF.IDF.

Textbooks:

• Mark Allen Weiss, Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis, Benjamin Cummings.
• V Aho, J E Hopcroft, J D Ullman, Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms, McGraw Hill.

 
RULES/CONDITIONS Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE CSA1017

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 20%
Examination (3 Hours) Yes 80%

 
LECTURER/S John M. Abela
Kristian Guillaumier

 

 
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