Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming

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Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming

Coursera · Intermediate ·⚡ Algorithms & Data Structures ·5mo ago

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Explores greedy algorithms, minimum spanning trees, and dynamic programming

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The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: greedy algorithms (scheduling, minimum spanning trees, clustering, Huffman codes) and dynamic programming (knapsack, sequence alignment, optimal search trees).
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