'Hiring problem' presentation slideshows

CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

CSCE 411 Design and Analysis of Algorithms. Set 9: Randomized Algorithms Slides by Prof. Jennifer Welch Spring 2014. The Hiring Problem. You need to hire a new employee. The headhunter sends you a different applicant every day for n days.

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Discrete Probability

Discrete Probability. See Appendix C & Chapter 5. Discrete probability = counting. The language of probability helps count all possible outcomes. Definitions: Random Experiment (or Process) Result (outcome) is not fixed. Multiple outcomes are possible. Ex: Throwing a fair die.

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Probabilistic (Average-Case) Analysis and Randomized Algorithms

Probabilistic (Average-Case) Analysis and Randomized Algorithms. Two different approaches Probabilistic analysis of a deterministic algorithm Randomized algorithm Example Problems/Algorithms Hiring problem (Chapter 5) Sorting/Quicksort (Chapter 7) Tools from probability theory

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Randomized algorithms

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Randomized Algorithms

Randomized Algorithms. CSc 4520/6520 Design & Analysis of Algorithms Fall 2013 Slides adopted from Dmitri Kaznachey, George Mason University and Maciej Ciesielski, University of Massachusetts. The Hiring Problem. The goal is to hire a new assistant through an employment agency.

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Asymptotic Notation

Asymptotic Notation. CS 583 Analysis of Algorithms. Outline. Divide-and-Conquer Approach Merge Sort Algorithm Pseudocode Asymptotic Notation ? -notation O-notation ? -notation , etc. Randomized Algorithms. Divide-and-Conquer Approach.

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