Algorithms in Discrete Mathematics

Code:

M2007

Acronym:

M2007

Level:

200

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Mathematics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Mathematics
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Mathematics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:B	0	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	56	162
L:CC	2	Plano de estudos a partir de 2014	2	-	6	56	162
			3
L:F	0	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	56	162
			3
L:G	2	study plan from 2017/18	2	-	6	56	162
			3
L:M	50	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	56	162
L:Q	0	study plan from 2016/17	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that by the end of this course the student can:
• Complete and give structure to some previously acquired basic knowledge;

• Solve problems through structured elementary methods;
• Understand and apply basic and universal concepts, that are basic for several tools of various sciences, in a context close to the applications;
• Use (and create, whenever possible) algorithmic solutions to various problems.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Mandatory literature

Bender Edward A. 1942-; Mathematics for algorithm and systems analysis

Complementary Bibliography

Bondy J. A.; Graph theory with applications. ISBN: 0-333-17791-6
Cormen Thomas H.; Introduction to algorithms. ISBN: 9780262031417 hbk
Sedgewick Robert 1946-; An introduction to the analysis of algorithms. ISBN: 978-0-201-40009-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

keywords

Physical sciences > Mathematics > Algorithms
Physical sciences > Mathematics > Combinatorial analysis

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The syllabus will be divided into two parts. each one evaluated by a test worth 10 points.

The second test is held simultaneously with the first season exam. In the same occasion, it is possible to repeat the first test, and the marks obrtained prevail for those students wishing it.

First season exam:

1. The final mark is the sum of the marks obtained in each test, except possibly in the following case:

2. Marks above 18 require an extra proof (oral or written).

Second season exam:

1. In the second season exam, students may repeat both tests or just one of them (except when they are just trying to improve their mark).

2. The mark of each part is the maximum of the marks obtained in the respective tests in both seasons (except when they are just trying to improve their mark).

3. The final mark of the second season is the sum of the marks obtained in both parts, rounded to integers, except possibly in the following cases:

4. Students having obtained a mark equal or above 8,0 and below 9,5 have access to a complementary proof to decide if they are approved (with 10 points) or if they fail (with 8 or 9 points).

5. Marks above 18 require an extra proof (oral or written).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Any type of special student evaluation may take one of the following forms: exclusively an oral examination; an oral examination plus a written examination, the student being required to pass both of them; only a written examination. The option for one of them is the sole responsibility of the professors in charge of the course unit.

Observations

Article 13 of General Regulations for Student Evaluation at the levels of First Cycle, Integrated Masters, and Second Cycle at U.Porto, approved on May 19, 2010 (cf. http://www.fc.up.pt/fcup/documentos/documentos.php?ap=3&ano=2011): "Fraud committed during an exam, in any form, implies the annulment of the exam and the communication to the statutorily competent organ for possible disciplinary action."

Any student may be required to take an oral examination should there be any doubts concerning his/her performance on the assessment pieces.