IN3130 – Algorithms: Design and Efficiency
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course provides a review of general algorithm classes such as dynamic programming, heuristic algorithms, probabilistic algorithms, and a representative selection of single algorithms that solve current issues. Emphasis is placed on efficiency assessment. Furthermore, it will review the theory of NP completeness and for irreversibility - problems without a solution algorithm.
Learning outcome
After finishing IN3130, you?ll:
- know and be able to program important algorithms within several key areas of application
- know and be able to apply the most important principles for designing effective algorithms
- be able to rate how effective a given algorithm is and know the term ?polynomial algorithms?
- be able to recognize problems that can not be solved by any algorithm
- be able to recognize problems that can be solved algorithmically, but not in any effective way
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the?Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
- Mathematics R1 or Mathematics (S1+S2)
The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about?special admission requirements?(in Norwegian).
Formal prerequisite knowledge
The course presuppose IN2010 – Algorithms and Data Structures/INF2220 – Algorithms and Data Structures (continued).
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with INF4130 – Algoritmer: Design og effektivitet (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with INF3130 – Algoritmer: Design og effektivitet (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with INF9135 – Algoritmer: design og effektivitet (discontinued).
Teaching
2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group lectures each week. Read more about requirements for submission of assignments, group work and legal cooperation under guidelines for mandatory assignments.
Examination
Oral exam. All mandatory assignments must be approved before you?re allowed to take the exam.
It will also be counted as one of?your three?attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF3130 – Algoritmer: Design og effektivitet (discontinued) and?INF4130 – Algoritmer: Design og effektivitet (discontinued)
Examination support material
All written and printed support material is allowed
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.