An algorithm is like a recipe, with a discrete beginning and end and a prescribed sequence of steps leading unambiguously to some desired result. But coming up with the right answer at the end of ...

Basic Concepts in Algorithms focuses on paradigms and methods combining basic programming constructs as building blocks and shows their usefulness in the derivation of algorithms. The coverage of ...

The most well-known improvement to this basic algorithm is probably the A* algorithm (geometric goal directed search), which was developed in 1968 at Stanford Research Institute.

Prior knowledge needed: We highly recommended successfully completing Algorithms for Searching, Sorting, and Indexing (the first course in this specialization) before attempting this course.

The basic properties of quantum computing are superposition, entanglement, and interference. Superposition Superposition is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states simultaneously. The ...