We’ll implement together an efficient program for a problem needed by delivery companies all over the world millions times per day — the travelling salesman problem. The goal in this problem is to visit all the given places as quickly as possible. How to find an optimal solution to this problem quickly? We still don’t have provably efficient algorithms for this difficult computational problem and this is the essence of the P versus NP problem, the most important open question in Computer Science. Still, we’ll implement several efficient solutions for real world instances of the travelling salesman problem. While designing these solutions, we will rely heavily on the material learned in the courses of the specialization: proof techniques, combinatorics, probability, graph theory. We’ll see several examples of using discrete mathematics ideas to get more and more efficient solutions.
Introduction to Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science 專項課程
Build a Foundation for Your Career in IT。 Master the math powering our lives and prepare for your software engineer or security analyst career
本專項課程介紹
Discrete Math is needed to see mathematical structures in the object you work with, and understand their properties. This ability is important for software engineers, data scientists, security and financial analysts (it is not a coincidence that math puzzles are often used for interviews). We cover the basic notions and results (combinatorics, graphs, probability, number theory) that are universally needed. To deliver techniques and ideas in discrete mathematics to the learner we extensively use interactive puzzles specially created for this specialization. To bring the learners experience closer to IT-applications we incorporate programming examples, problems and projects in our courses.
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項目概覽
課程
- Beginner Specialization.
- No prior experience required.
第 1 門課程
Mathematical Thinking in Computer Science
- 課程學習時間
- 6 weeks, 2–5 hours/week
- 字幕
- English
課程概述
Mathematical thinking is crucial in all areas of computer science: algorithms, bioinformatics, computer graphics, data science, machine learning, etc. In this course, we will learn the most important tools used in discrete mathematics: induc您可以選擇只參加本課程。 了解更多。
第 2 門課程
Combinatorics and Probability
- 課程學習時間
- 6 weeks, 3-5 hours/week
- 字幕
- English
課程概述
Counting is one of the basic mathematically related tasks we encounter on a day to day basis. The main question here is the following. If we need to count something, can we do anything better than just counting all objects one by one? Do we need to cre您可以選擇只參加本課程。 了解更多。
第 3 門課程
Introduction to Graph Theory
- 課程學習時間
- 5 weeks, 3-5 hours/week
- 字幕
- English
課程概述
We invite you to a fascinating journey into Graph Theory — an area which connects the elegance of painting and the rigor of mathematics; is simple, but not unsophisticated. Graph Theory gives us, both an easy way to pictorially represent many major mathema您可以選擇只參加本課程。 了解更多。
第 4 門課程
Number Theory and Cryptography
- 課程學習時間
- 4 weeks, 2-5 hours/week
- 字幕
- English
課程概述
We all learn numbers from the childhood. Some of us like to count, others hate it, but any person uses numbers everyday to buy things, pay for services, estimated time and necessary resources. People have been wondering about numbers’ properties for thou您可以選擇只參加本課程。 了解更多。
第 5 門課程
Delivery Problem
- 課程學習時間
- 3 weeks of study, 2–5 hours/week
- 字幕
- English
課程概述
We’ll implement (in Python) together efficient programs for a problem needed by delivery companies all over the world millions times per day — the travelling salesman problem. The goal in this problem is to visit all the given places as quickly as possible. H您可以選擇只參加本課程。 了解更多。
製作方
Vladimir Podolskii
Associate Professor
Michael Levin
Lecturer
Alexander S. Kulikov
Visiting Professor
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