This course covers basic algorithm design techniques such as divide and conquer, dynamic programming, and greedy algorithms. It concludes with a brief introduction to intractability (NP ...

Programming is an increasingly important skill, whether you aspire to a career in software development, or in other fields. This course is the first in the specialization Introduction to ...

A computer program is simply an algorithm written for a computer. Algorithms are frequently displayed as flow charts, like Sheldon's friendship algorithm.

By contrast, Google's new AutoML-Zero uses mathematics, rather than human-designed components, as the building blocks for new algorithms. Programming languages—from COBOL, to Python, to Ruby on ...