Basics of algorithms analysis Challenging problems Example to understand Problem and algorithm

Advanced Algorithms
By: Dr. LOUNNAS Bilal

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Basics of algorithms analysis

This course is about really challenging computer problems.

The area of computer science that deals with these challenging

problems is called Theoretical Computer Science, or more
specifically, Complexity Theory.

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Basics of algorithms analysis

Question

In complexity theory, we ask the question of how hard certain

problems are to solve for a computer. So how much time you
really need to solve that problem.

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Basics of algorithms analysis

Question

In complexity theory, we ask the question of how hard certain

problems are to solve for a computer. So how much time you
really need to solve that problem.

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After taking this course

1 Deceptively simple problems that are impossible to solve for

computers
2 Recognize, and actually, also solve, very challenging problems.
3 Theoretical computer science a very rich and active field of
research, and with this course will prepare you to dig deeper
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Challenging problems

How it work!

1 Write some program on your computer.

2 You feed the input into the computer.
3 Computer will work on your problem.
4 After a certain time the computer will be done, and it will produce
your output
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Challenging problems

How it work!

Wrong

Now, you would think that computers today are powerful enough
to basically do this for any problem for which you can write a
program.
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Challenging problems

Waiting

But no matter how long you wait, the computer is not able to
produce an output because the problem that you’re giving it is
just too hard, even for a computer.

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What to do about them

1 Complexity theory.
2 Computability.

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What to do about them

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Quiz

Quiz

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Quiz

Quiz solution

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Example to understand

Let’s take this example of challenging problem

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Quiz

Quiz

How many network monitoring device we need for this network?

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Quiz

Quiz solution

We need 4 devices.

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Alice algorithm

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Alice algorithm

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Problem and algorithm

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