University of Nevada Las Vegas
Howard R. Hughes
College of Engineering
Department of Computer Science
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Computer Science 477/677
Advanced Analysis of Algorithms
Fall 2015
Revised November 25, 2015.
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Instructor:
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Dr. Larmore
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Office: TBE B378B.
Telephone: ☎ 702-895-1096
Email: larmore "at" engr "dot" unlv "dot" edu
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Office Hours:
Subject to change.
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1:30 - 3:00 Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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However, you are always welcome to stop by my office to see whether I
am there and have time to see you.
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Graduate Assistant:
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Jimi Andro-Vasko. Email: androvas "at" unlv "dot" nevada "dot" edu
Office Hours: 2:00-4:00 Tuesdays and Thursdays TBE B346.
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Contacting Me:
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It's best to send me email. Do not be shy about sending me email.
Be sure to write "477" in the subject field
so that I know what the message is about. (I delete lots of messages
without reading them, based on the subject fields.)
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Please, never try to communicate with me by leaving notes on my
door, under my door, or in my mailbox in the department office, as
those notes get lost, and I can't retrieve them remotely.
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If it is absolutely necessary to give me something, please leave it
with the department staff, but do not put it into my mailbox or push
it under my door. In this case, please also send me an email message
stating that the item has been left for me.
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Days of Instruction:
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August 25, 2015 -- December 3, 2015
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Thanksgiving Day Recess:
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November 26.
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Time of Instruction:
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4:00 - 5:15,
Tuesday and Thursday.
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Place of Instruction:
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Final Examination:
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The final examination has been scheduled for
Tuesday December 8 from 6 PM to 8 PM.
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Textbook:
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Introduction to Algorithms,
by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles Leiserson, Ron Rivest, and Cliff Stein,
ISBN 0-262-03293-7.
However, I will not give
regular assignments from the textbook.
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Topics to be Covered
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Prerequisites:
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CS 302
(Introduction to Data Structures) (Formerly CSC 269)
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MAT 351
(Discrete Mathematics II).
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Click
here
if you did not take both
CSC 302 and MAT 351 at UNLV and receive a grade of "C" or better in
each of those two courses.
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Graduate Students:
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If you want graduate credit, you must enroll in 677, not 477.
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Each CSC 677 student must turn in at least one
challenge problem and turn it in by the last week of class.
CS 477 students are also permitted to work challenge problems, but
I will not permit students to improve a poor grade in this manner.
The reason for this policy is that I want students who are doing poorly
in the course to devote their energy to mastering the regular material.
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Written Homework:
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will be assigned, collected, and graded.
You are permitted to discuss homework.
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Examinations:
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The first examination
will be on Thursday, September 24.
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The second examination
will be on Thursday, November 5.
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The final examination
will be on Tuesday, December 8, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
is not yet scheduled.
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Grading:
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Your grade will be based on the three examinations and on the homework.
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Although the homework will take a substantial amount of time to work,
and will actually be harder than the examinations,
it counts for a smaller part of the grade. The reason for this is
that I allow you to work together on homework. If you work the homework
regularly, you should do well on the examinations.