Shortest Paths Revisited, NP-Complete Problems and What To Do About Them

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Free Online Course: Shortest Paths Revisited, NP-Complete Problems and What To Do About Them provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 14 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Shortest Paths Revisited, NP-Complete Problems and What To Do About Them is taught by Tim Roughgarden.

Overview
  • The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: shortest paths (Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Johnson), NP-completeness and what it means for the algorithm designer, and strategies for coping with computationally intractable problems (analysis of heuristics, local search).

Syllabus
    • Week 1
      • The Bellman-Ford algorithm; all-pairs shortest paths.
    • Week 2
      • NP-complete problems and exact algorithms for them.
    • Week 3
      • Approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems.
    • Week 4
      • Local search algorithms for NP-complete problems; the wider world of algorithms.