Algorithms that changed the world

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PageRank
What are some of the challenges o...,
Give a brief description of the p...,
What 2 principles underpin the pa...
18  cards
L3 - Internet Routing
What type of data structure is th...,
What are packets what information...,
On what layer are packets routed
14  cards
L4 - Internet Routing 2
1 give 3 issues with link state a...,
What is a solution to the issues ...,
Define what a distance vector alg...
20  cards
L5 - Hierarchical Routing
What are the 2 incorrect assumpti...,
How do we overcome our assumption...,
What is the different between int...
11  cards
L6 - Nelder Mead Downhill Simplex
What does the downhill simplex al...,
Define a scalar valued objective ...,
What is multivariate space
16  cards
L7 - Gradient Descent, Convex Optimisation, Bracketing
What is the purpose of gradient d...,
How does gradient descent work to...,
In the context of ml what does th...
22  cards
L8 - Linear Programming and Simplex Method
Define linear programming,
What are we trying to find in a l...,
What does it mean to optimise a f...
12  cards
L9 - MST and Prims
Define a path cycle and tree,
Define a spanning tree what is th...,
How many spanning trees are there
10  cards
L10 - Kruskal and Proof
When should kruskal we used inste...,
What is the problem input output ...,
What are the 3 steps of the krusk...
15  cards
L11 - Convex Hull: Jarvis March
1 what makes a set of points convex,
Define a convex hull for a set of...,
Give 3 examples of convex hull ap...
10  cards
L12 - Convex Hull: Grahams Scan
What is the worst case time compl...,
Define the geometric property of ...,
What is the task specification fo...
11  cards
L13 - Data Communication, Error Detection, CRC
What is meant by the curse of the...,
What is mean by error detection,
What is error correction coding
22  cards
L14 - Data communication, Error detection, Hamming
Define error correction coding,
What is a codeword in ecc,
What is forward error correction ...
15  cards
L15 - Data Compression: Entropy and Huffman Coding
What is the purpose of compression,
Define entropy,
What does entropy provide a bench...
13  cards
L16 - Data Compression 2, LZW Coding
What is data compression,
What is source coding,
What are the 3 models that compre...
9  cards
L17 - Blockchain and Bitcoin
What is the difference between bi...,
What is bitcoin,
What does the value of a cryptocu...
18  cards
L18 - Public Key Cryptography
What does public key cryptography...,
What issue with symmetric key cry...,
Explain the diffie hellman key ex...
11  cards

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