Graph Search, Shortest Paths, and Data Structures

The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: data structures (heaps, balanced search trees, hash tables, bloom filters), graph primitives (applications of breadth-first and depth-first search, connectivity, shortest paths), and their applications (ranging from deduplication to social network analysis).

• Week 1
• Breadth-first and depth-first search; computing strong components; applications.
• Week 2
• Dijkstra's shortest-path algorithm.
• Week 3
• Heaps; balanced binary search trees.
• Week 4
• Hashing; bloom filters.