'Computational Thinking and Problem Solving' is a course offered in the first semester of B. Tech. programs at the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Unit 1
Basics: Introduction, Information and data, Data encoding. Logic: Boolean logic, Applications of propositional logic.
Unit 2
Problem Solving and Algorithmic Thinking: Problem definition, Logical reasoning, Problem decomposition, Abstraction. Flowcharting, Name binding, Selection, Repetition, Modularization. Data organization: List and Arrays. Simple algorithms, comparison of performance of algorithms.
Unit 3
Problem Solving Techniques: Factoring and Recursion Techniques, Search and Sort techniques, Text processing and Pattern matching.
- David Riley and Kenny Hunt, Computational Thinking for Modern Solver, Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2014
- R. G. Dromey, “How to solve it by Computer”, PHI, 2008
Related Academic Courses
B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Tech. in Civil Engineering, B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering, B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
