In this module the student will learn the very basics of algorithms through three examples: insertion sort (sort an array ... Next, we introduce the heap data structure and the basic properties of ...

Algorithmic trading (also called automated trading, black-box trading, or algo-trading) uses a computer program that ... These “sniffing algorithms”—used, for example, by a sell-side market ...

It covers basic algorithm design techniques such as divide and ... We will introduce the concept of dynamic programming using a simple example of the "rod cutting problem". We will see that dynamic ...