Principles of Computing (Part 2)
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In part 2 of this course, the programming portion of the class will focus on concepts such as recursion, assertions, and invariants. The mathematical portion of the class will focus on searching, sorting, and recursive data structures. Upon completing this course, you will have a solid foundation in the principles of computation and programming. This will prepare you for the next course in the specialization, which will begin to introduce a structured approach to developing and analyzing algorithms. Developing such algorithmic thinking skills will be critical to writing large scale software and solving real world computational problems.
Syllabus
- Searching and Data Structures
- This week, we will explain the importance of searching. We will also explore various data structures and learn about inheritance.
- Recursion
- This week, we will explain the importance of recursion.
- Trees
- This week, we will explain the importance of trees. We will also explore how to set up game trees so that we can efficiently search them.
- Modeling, Assertions, and Invariants
- This week, we will explain the importance of modeling. We will also explore how to use assertions and invariants to ensure that our models are always consistent and correct.
Taught by
Scott Rixner, Joe Warren and Luay Nakhleh
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Eric Colon completed this course, spending 12 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be hard.
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