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title: Algorithmic Design
description: Historical course details for Algorithmic Design, recovered from the previous Incognito wiki.
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:::caution[Historical information]
This information originated in the previous wiki and may be outdated. Check the current Maastricht University course information before relying on it.
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## Full course description

Following Data Structures and Algorithms, this course develops algorithm design and analysis through greedy algorithms, dynamic programming, the master theorem, NP-completeness, backtracking, linear programming, and branch-and-bound.

## Prerequisites

Desired prior knowledge: Data Structures and Algorithms and Discrete Mathematics.

## Recommended reading

Goodrich and Tamassia, *Algorithm Design and Applications* (2015).