Iteration and Computer Problem Solving (UMAP)

This unit enables the student to: 1) improve algorithms by enhancing them; 2) read, interpret, and follow through algorithms that involve while, until, and variable-controlled iteration; 3) describe and apply the top-down approach to algorithm design.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. A MORTGAGE PROBLEM

3. ITERATIVE IMPROVEMENT

4. ITERATION

5. VARIABLE-CONTROLLED ITERATION

6. TOP-DOWN APPROACH

7. SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES

8. MODEL EXAM

9. SOLUTIONS TO MODEL EXAM