6.046J Design and Analysis of Algorithms
6.046J Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Spring 2015, MIT OCW). Instructors: Prof. Erik Demaine, Prof. Srinivas Devadas, and Prof. Nancy Lynch. This is an intermediate algorithms course with an emphasis on teaching techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods of application. Topics include divide-and-conquer, randomization, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, incremental improvement, complexity, and cryptography. (from ocw.mit.edu)
| Lecture 17 - Complexity: Approximation Algorithms |
Instructor: Srinivas Devadas. In this lecture, Professor Devadas introduces approximation algorithms in the context of NP-hard problems.
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