Algorithms and Optimization

Issued by Northeastern University

The earner of this badge explored algorithms and their uses in industry. They demonstrated an understanding of the basics of operations research, linear programming, graphs and graph algorithms, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming algorithms, network flow algorithms, and computational intractability. This training course was developed as part of the NSF award (NSFID: 1935646).

Additional Details

Skills

Algorithms
Data Structures
Linear Programming
Operations Research
Optimization Software

Earning Criteria

Complete the online training course, IE 0415: Algorithms and Optimization
Review the definition, characteristics, prerequisites, and applications of algorithms
Perform algorithm analysis and understand definitions of efficiency and asymptotic order of growth and its properties
Analyze different types of data structures and understand their characteristics and the basic operations they support