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extrapolation, and asymptotic approximation are also discussed.
Applications to various branches of science are made. Stress is on
the usefulness and necessity of numerical computation.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and MAT 242
security and protection, and device management. The operating
system’s impact on the security and integrity of the applications and
information systems it supports is emphasized. Concepts are
illustrated using UNIX and Windows NT.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and MAT 272
MAT 373 Advanced Data Structures
3 hours, 3 credits
The examination of commonly employed data structures such as
stacks and queues will be the objective of the course. In addition,
singly and doubly linked lists, hash-coded storage and searching, tree
data structures along with the corresponding sorting methods such as
heap sort and quick sort will also be included. The application of
these structures to the creation of data banks for public sector
functions as well as the modeling of service facilities such as the
courts and document processing agencies will be emphasized.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and MAT 272
MAT 376 Artificial Intelligence
3 hours, 3 credits
Artificial intelligence is an introductory course for students interested
in the design of intelligent information systems. It covers several
topics ranging from knowledge representation, inference, planning,
search, and other fundamental topics in artificial intelligence, to
selected topics in information retrieval, learning and robotics. The
course provides a background in artificial intelligence, an exposure to
the major issues and methods in the field, and some experience in
writing intelligent programs using Prolog.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and MAT 272
MAT 374 Programming Languages
3 hours, 3 credits
The efficient translation from high level language to machine code is
examined. Topics covered include context free grammars and push
down automata, program semantics, virtual machines, data types and
type checking, control structures, subprograms and exception
handling. In addition, the imperative, object-oriented, function and
logic programming paradigms are compared. Examples are taken
from LISP, Prolog, C/C++ and Java.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and MAT 272
MAT 377 Computer Algorithms
3 hours, 3 credits
Recursive algorithms, complexity analysis, parallel and distributed
algorithms are explored. Specific topics covered include searching,
sorting, recursive descent parsing, pattern recognition, network and
numerical algorithms, and encryption schemes. Algorithms
employed in the design of secure information systems used by law
enforcement and public agencies are examined.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and MAT 272
MAT 375 Operating Systems
3 hours, 3 credits
Fundamental concepts and techniques used in the design and
implementation of modern operating systems are examined. Topics
covered include processes, process coordination and synchronization,
scheduling, memory organization and virtual memory, file systems,
MAT 379 Computer Networking
3 hours, 3 credits
The principles and methodologies used in the design and
implementation of modern computer networks and networked
information systems are studied in detail. Topics include shared use
of a multiple access channel, error detection and recovery, and flow
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