6.046J | Spring 2015 | Undergraduate

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

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Lecture 17: Complexity: Approximation Algorithms

Description: In this lecture, Professor Devadas introduces approximation algorithms in the context of NP-hard problems.

Instructors: Srinivas Devadas

Notes for Lecture 17 (PDF) are available.

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