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M.C.A III Semester Supplementary Examinations, April/May -2008.

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60

Answer any five questions


All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Define big-O notation.


b) If f(n)= amnm+…..+a1n+a0 and am > 0, then f (n) = o (nm)
c) Write an algorithm which demonstrates weighted union operation
on two input sets.

2. a) Explain the general method of divide-and-conquer rule.


b) Justify that the 2-way merge sort algorithm follows divide and-
conquer a method.

3. a) Write an algorithm to implement Kruskal’s algorithm for minimum


spanning tree.
b) Analyse the time complexity of Kruskal’s algorithm.

4. a) Write an algorithm for determining minimum-cost path in a multi-


stage graph using forward approach.
b) Find the all pairs-shortest path of the following graph.

5. a) Write an algorithm for breadth first search (BFS) traversal of a


given tree.
b) How to find the connected components in a given graph.

6. a) What are the steps involved in finding all solutions to the 8-queen
problem using back tracking approach.
b) Using ‘sum of subsets’ algorithm, find all possible solutions to the
problem when the set W = {5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20} and sum value
m = 35.

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7. a) Describe the control abstraction for LC-search.


b) Find the LC Branch-and-Bound solution for the Knapsack
instance: n = 4, (P1, P2, P3, P4) = (10, 10, 12, 18) (W1, W2, W3, W4) =
(2, 4, 6, 9) and m = 4.

8. a) Show that the job sequencing with dead lines problem in NP-hard.
b) What are the assumptions followed in Cooks theorem.

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