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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY BIRNIN KEBBI

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE


SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
COURSE: CSC 308 (ALGORITHMS AND COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS)
ANSWER ANY FOUR (4) QUESTIONS TIME ALLOWED: 21/2 HOURS

1a. Differentiate between Merge sort and Burble sort algorithms with the reference to their
time complexity. [7 Marks]
1b. Calculate the running time for the algorithm below
do until the pointers low and high meet each other.
mid = (low + high)/2
if (x == arr[mid])
return mid
else if (x > arr[mid]) // x is on the right side
low = mid + 1
else
high = mid – 1 [8 Marks]

2a. Write short note on any two of the following operations on a graph
i. BFS
ii. Walk
iii. DFS [ 6 Marks]
2b. With the help of the simplifying rules of asymptotic analysis, evaluate the running time of the
following functions
a. f(n) = 3n4 +4000n2 - 500n +45.
b. f(n) = nlog200 + 200! + xn
c. =n+ [9 Marks]

3a. With the help of an example, differentiate between P and NP problems [5 Marks]
3b. What is the practical advantage to knowing that a problem is NP-complete. [5 Marks]
3c. Discuss on Complexity Analysis [5 Marks]

4a. Complete the table below


Algorithm DFS Linear Burble Sort Hash Insertion Binary
Search Table Search Search
Running
time(worst case)
[6 Marks]
4b.Write a closed-form solution for each of the following summations:

a. b. c. [6 Marks]

4c. What is a Decision Problem [3 Marks]

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5a. Generate an Adjacency matrix and Adjacency List for the Graph below [8 Marks]

5b. Itemize four (4) examples each for P and NP problems. [7 Marks]

6a. Define a Graph [5 Marks]


6b. Enumerate four (4) factors used to measure the cost of an Algorithm and explain any Two. [5 Marks]
6c. Shed more light on any two of the following with regards to complexity analysis
i. Best case
ii. Worst case
iii. Average case [5 Marks]

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