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Session |
Preparation |
Due |
Topics |
Resources |
Major Programs |
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1
Tue Nov 27
Details
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- Read the Syllabus
- Bookmark this schedule page.
- Email your instructor if you forgot your SVN password
- Review Weiss Ch. 1–6 this week: many pages, mostly review. Carefully read the new stuff and skim the rest: this document may help guide you).
- Install software for the course:
- Java 8,
- Eclipse (current version - I use Java EE), and
- Subclipse (Update from Eclipse > Help > Install, URL = http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.8.x
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- Nothing today
- Always look at the Major Programs column, too, for the programming assignment of the week.
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- Course introduction
- Growable Array analysis
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Week 1:
On your own: Skim/read review from the book and get back up-to-speed on programming by doing the WarmUpAndStretching assignment
In class: Algorithm analysis |
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Warm Up and Stretching
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2
Thu Nov 29
Details
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- Weiss §5.1, 5.2, 5.4–5.8, 7.2
- Continue reviewing Weiss Ch. 1–6.
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- Post to "Introduce Yourself" on Piazza
- Growable Arrays (at start of class)
- Make progress on WarmUpAndStretching.
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- Growable Arrays discussion
- Review of Asymptotic analysis and formal definition of Big O.
- Big-oh’s cousins, big-Omega and big-Theta
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Warm Up and Stretching
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3
Fri Nov 30
Details
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- Continue reviewing Weiss Ch. 1–6; focus on §5.3
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- Homework 1 Submit to HW1 drop box in Moodle. This and all other HW and programming assignments are due at 11:00 PM unless we specify otherwise for a particular assignment.
- Make progress on WarmUpAndStretching.
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- MCSS Cubic and Quadratic Algorithms
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Warm Up and Stretching
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| 2 |
4
Tue Dec 4
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Stacks and Queues
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| 2 |
5
Thu Dec 6
Details
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- Finish review of Weiss Ch. 1–6, focus on ch. 6
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- UML Diagram of Collections framework (from HW2)
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- Abstract data types (ADTs)
- Review of basic data structures in the Java Collections Framework
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Stacks and Queues
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| 2 |
6
Fri Dec 7
Details
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- Ch. 7.3 (review of recursion)
- Ch. 15-17 (List implementation (review); skim, but may help for assignment)
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- Trees Intro
- Implementing a Binary Tree using recursive methods.
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Stacks and Queues
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| 3 |
7
Tue Dec 11
Details
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- More recursive binary tree methods.
- Binary tree traversals
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Doublets
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| 3 |
8
Thu Dec 13
Details
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- Study for Exam 1, take practice exam on Moodle
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- StacksAndQueues partner evaluation (on Moodle)
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- Exam 1
Thursday 12/13
7:00 - 9:00 PM
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Doublets
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| 3 |
9
Fri Dec 14
Details
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- Iterators: Simple and lazy ones
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Doublets
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| 4 |
10
Tue Dec 18
Details
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- Binary Search Tree (BST) methods: insert, remove, contains.
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Binary Search Tree
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| 4 |
11
Thu Dec 20
Details
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- Size vs. Height in a binary tree
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Binary Search Tree
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| 4 |
12
Fri Dec 21
Details
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- Need for trees that are height-balanced but not completely balanced
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Binary Search Tree
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| 5 |
13
Tue Jan 8
Details
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- AVL Trees: How to find the node where rotation is needed
- Single and double rotations; effect on subtree height.
- Intro EditorTree and need for rank field
- Meet team
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EditorTrees
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| 5 |
14
Thu Jan 10
Details
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- Re-write any tree methods you haven't yet mastered
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- Student questions on EditorTree Requirements
- Practice with AVL Tree Rotations
- Exam 2 in class - programming only
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EditorTrees
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| 5 |
15
Fri Jan 11
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- Discuss usage of rank field
- EditorTrees work time with your team
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EditorTrees
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| 6 |
16
Tue Jan 15
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EditorTrees
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| 6 |
17
Thu Jan 17
Details
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- EditorTrees Milestone 1 partner feedback on Moodle
- Midterm course evaluation in Moodle
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EditorTrees
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| 6 |
18
Fri Jan 18
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EditorTrees
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| 7 |
19
Tue Jan 22
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- Hash Table implementation
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EditorTrees
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| 7 |
20
Thu Jan 24
Details
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- Priority Queues and Binary heaps
- Heaps work time
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EditorTrees
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| 7 |
21
Fri Jan 25
Details
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- Heapsort
- Heapsort work time
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EditorTrees
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| 8 |
22
Tue Jan 29
Details
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GraphSurfing
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| 8 |
23
Thu Jan 31
Details
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- EditorTrees team member performance evaluation survey (required; Thursday 11:00 PM)
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- Exam 3
Thursday 1/31
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Section 3, O105
Section 4, O233
Night exam. No class Thursday to compensate.
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GraphSurfing
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| 8 |
24
Fri Feb 1
Details
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GraphSurfing
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| 9 |
25
Tue Feb 5
Details
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- Extended Binary Trees
- Intro to Recurrences
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GraphSurfing
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| 9 |
26
Thu Feb 7
Details
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- § 7.5.2, 7.5.3
- § 8.1 – 8.5 (skip 8.4.1)
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- Recurrences and Master Theorem
- Sorting review/overview
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GraphSurfing
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| 9 |
27
Fri Feb 8
Details
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- § 8.6 – 8.7 (skim Average case analysis of Quicksort)
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- Quicksort
- Quicksort average case analysis
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GraphSurfing
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| 10 |
28
Tue Feb 12
Details
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- Quicksort improvements
- Lower bound for sorting algorithms.
- Radix sort
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SortingRaces
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| 10 |
29
Thu Feb 14
Details
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- TBA
- Worktime for sorting assignment
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SortingRaces
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| 10 |
30
Fri Feb 15
Details
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- Course evaluations
- Discussion of Final Exam
- Practice problems for final exam (no solutions posted, but can ask us)
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SortingRaces
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| 11 |
31
Tue Feb 19
Details
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- Final exam review packet (not collected)
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