 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Computer Science |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1
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| Assessment:
| CW 25%, EX 75% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
CM20217 Mandatory Extra Work (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must (take CM10227 and take CM10228 and take CM10196) or (take MA10209 and take XX10190) |
| Description:
| Aims:
To introduce formal models of computation. To give students an appreciation of the complexity of different algorithms and problems and the limits of computation. To provide students with a basic understanding of formal computational models such as finite state automata and Turing machines.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental models of computation.
2. explain the notion of complexity class, and establish what classes a range of well-known problems belong to.
3. demonstrate that some computational problems are undecidable.
Skills:
Use of IT (A), Application of Number (T/F, A), Problem Solving (T/F, A).
Content:
* Models of computation: for example, basic notions of finite state automata, Turing Machines, register machines.
* Decidability. The undecidability of the Halting Problem. Reduction of other problems to the halting problem.
* Complexity. Big-O notation and complexity of algorithms. The notion of complexity class as a measure of the difficulty of a problem. Reduction between problems. Hardness and completeness of a problem with respect to a complexity class. The hierarchy of complexity classes. The question of whether P=NP and its importance for computer science.
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| Programme availability: |
CM20217 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Computer Science
- USCM-AFB06 : BSc (hons) Computer Science (Full-time) - Year 2
- USCM-AKB07 : BSc (hons) Computer Science (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USCM-AFB20 : BSc (hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 2
- USCM-AKB20 : BSc (hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USCM-AAB20 : BSc (hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- USCM-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with German Language (with Industrial Placement) (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USCM-AAB16 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with German Language (with Study Year Abroad) (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USCM-AKB17 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Spanish Language (with Industrial Placement) (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USCM-AAB17 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Spanish Language (with Study Year Abroad) (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USCM-AAB07 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- USCM-AFM01 : MComp (hons) Computer Science (Full-time) - Year 2
- USCM-AKM02 : MComp (hons) Computer Science (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USCM-AFM14 : MComp (hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 2
- USCM-AKM14 : MComp (hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Industrial Placement (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USCM-AAM14 : MComp (hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- USCM-AAM02 : MComp (hons) Computer Science with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
CM20217 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Computer Science
- USCM-AFB09 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Business (Full-time) - Year 3
- USCM-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Business (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USCM-AAB10 : BSc (hons) Computer Science with Business with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
Department of Mathematical Sciences
- USMA-AFB15 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences (Full-time) - Year 2
- USMA-AFB15 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USMA-AKB16 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB16 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- USMA-AAB16 : BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AFB13 : BSc (hons) Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 2
- USMA-AFB13 : BSc (hons) Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB14 : BSc (hons) Mathematics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USMA-AKB14 : BSc (hons) Mathematics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AFB01 : BSc (hons) Mathematics and Statistics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB02 : BSc (hons) Mathematics and Statistics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB02 : BSc (hons) Mathematics and Statistics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB14 : BSc (hons) Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- USMA-AAB14 : BSc (hons) Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AFB05 : BSc (hons) Statistics (Full-time) - Year 2
- USMA-AFB05 : BSc (hons) Statistics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AKB06 : BSc (hons) Statistics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2
- USMA-AKB06 : BSc (hons) Statistics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- USMA-AAB06 : BSc (hons) Statistics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
- USMA-AAB06 : BSc (hons) Statistics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- USMA-AFM14 : MMath Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 2
- USMA-AFM14 : MMath Mathematics (Full-time) - Year 3
- USMA-AAM15 : MMath Mathematics with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 2
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