Author: Anany Levitin Publisher: OUP USA ISBN: 0199740445 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
Algorithmic puzzles are puzzles involving well-defined procedures for solving problems. This book will provide an enjoyable and accessible introduction to algorithmic puzzles that will develop the reader's algorithmic thinking. The first part of this book is a tutorial on algorithm design strategies and analysis techniques. Algorithm design strategies — exhaustive search, backtracking, divide-and-conquer and a few others — are general approaches to designing step-by-step instructions for solving problems. Analysis techniques are methods for investigating such procedures to answer questions about the ultimate result of the procedure or how many steps are executed before the procedure stops. The discussion is an elementary level, with puzzle examples, and requires neither programming nor mathematics beyond a secondary school level. Thus, the tutorial provides a gentle and entertaining introduction to main ideas in high-level algorithmic problem solving. The second and main part of the book contains 150 puzzles, from centuries-old classics to newcomers often asked during job interviews at computing, engineering, and financial companies. The puzzles are divided into three groups by their difficulty levels. The first fifty puzzles in the Easier Puzzles section require only middle school mathematics. The sixty puzzle of average difficulty and forty harder puzzles require just high school mathematics plus a few topics such as binary numbers and simple recurrences, which are reviewed in the tutorial. All the puzzles are provided with hints, detailed solutions, and brief comments. The comments deal with the puzzle origins and design or analysis techniques used in the solution. The book should be of interest to puzzle lovers, students and teachers of algorithm courses, and persons expecting to be given puzzles during job interviews.
Author: Srini Devadas Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262343193 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
Learning programming with one of “the coolest applications around”: algorithmic puzzles ranging from scheduling selfie time to verifying the six degrees of separation hypothesis. This book builds a bridge between the recreational world of algorithmic puzzles (puzzles that can be solved by algorithms) and the pragmatic world of computer programming, teaching readers to program while solving puzzles. Few introductory students want to program for programming's sake. Puzzles are real-world applications that are attention grabbing, intriguing, and easy to describe. Each lesson starts with the description of a puzzle. After a failed attempt or two at solving the puzzle, the reader arrives at an Aha! moment—a search strategy, data structure, or mathematical fact—and the solution presents itself. The solution to the puzzle becomes the specification of the code to be written. Readers will thus know what the code is supposed to do before seeing the code itself. This represents a pedagogical philosophy that decouples understanding the functionality of the code from understanding programming language syntax and semantics. Python syntax and semantics required to understand the code are explained as needed for each puzzle. Readers need only the rudimentary grasp of programming concepts that can be obtained from introductory or AP computer science classes in high school. The book includes more than twenty puzzles and more than seventy programming exercises that vary in difficulty. Many of the puzzles are well known and have appeared in publications and on websites in many variations. They range from scheduling selfie time with celebrities to solving Sudoku problems in seconds to verifying the six degrees of separation hypothesis. The code for selected puzzle solutions is downloadable from the book's website; the code for all puzzle solutions is available to instructors.
Author: Robert A. Hearn Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1439865051 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
The authors show that there are underlying mathematical reasons for why games and puzzles are challenging (and perhaps why they are so much fun). They also show that games and puzzles can serve as powerful models of computation-quite different from the usual models of automata and circuits-offering a new way of thinking about computation. The appen
Author: Ales Pultr Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3540424962 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 735
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2001, held in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic in August 2001. The 51 revised full papers presented together with 10 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 118 submissions. All current aspects of theoretical computer science are addressed ranging from mathematical logic and programming theory to algorithms, discrete mathematics, and complexity theory. Besides classical issues, modern topics like quantum computing are discussed as well.
Author: Puzzle Baron Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1615640320 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Get your brain working with 200 grid-based logic puzzles from the Puzzle Baron! Filled with complex and fun brain teasers that range in difficulty, this book will put your mind into overdrive with hours of brain-challenging fun. Using the given backstory and list of clues, readers use pure logic to deduce the correct answer for each fiendishly tricky puzzle in Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles. Bring out your competitive side and check your stats against the average completion time, the record completion time, and the percentage of people who finish the puzzle. Check your work against the answer key and see how logical you really are! Perfect for adults or children, Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles is the ultimate challenge for those who love piecing clues and facts together. The brain is a wonderful thing to tease!
Author: J. J. Clessa Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486291925 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 170
Book Description
Treasury of 135 bafflers (70 "quickies" and 65 "micropuzzles") specially designed for computer hobbyists. Puzzles range from relatively simple exercises in logic to daunting mathematical brainteasers. Although a computer is helpful, many can be solved with pocket calculator, pen-and-paper or just plain brain-power. Introduction. Answers.
Author: Adda247 Publications Publisher: Adda247 Publications ISBN: 9389924545 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 438
Book Description
ADDA 247 has been consistently working to make the word “SUCCESS” a true companion to all the banking aspirants. As the year 2020 has just marked its presence, we are delighted to announce that ADDA 247 is launching – “A Complete eeBook of Puzzles & Seating Arrangement” Second Edition. Puzzles are an important part of Reasoning Section, the one that you cannot escape from. It is the topic that dominates the Reasoning Section of all sorts of banking exams. So many other miscellaneous topics too are now being asked in the form of puzzles. The number of questions being asked on puzzles ranges from 60 to 65 percent of the total number of questions in the Reasoning Section. So it is now very obvious that the strategy of ignoring questions based on puzzles, thereby solving other questions won't be working anymore as neglecting questions on puzzles can risk the likelihood of you clearing the sectional cut off or scoring satisfactory marks in the Reasoning Section It is already known to all the aspirants that Puzzles & Seating Arrangement form the most important part of the Reasoning Section as they carry the highest weightage among the other topics. So, considering all the significance that these portions carry, this eeBook would provide all the necessary help and guidance in clearing the given sections smoothly. SALIENT FEATURES: -2500+ Questions on Puzzles & Seating Arrangement - New pattern Based Questions of 2017-18 Exams including 10 practice sets - Expect the Unexpected ones[Surprised Pattern] -Incorporates more than 10 Types of Puzzles & Sitting Arrangement -Incorporates the last 5-year Memory Based Questions asked in SBI, IBPS, RBI & Other Examinations
Author: Thinking Kids Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing ISBN: 148383137X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
Front of the Class Puzzles and Games for grades 1 to 2 gives kids a brain boost as they complete crosswords, word searches, mazes, and word games. These word puzzles encourage concentration while strengthening spelling, word recognition, and vocabulary skills. --Filled with hours of game-based activities, Puzzles and Games engages children by stimulating the learning process. Each activity in this 320-page book challenges learners to focus on the task at hand while strengthening the reading, writing, and communication skills they need for academic success. These games will flex childrenÕs mental muscles as they explore a variety of puzzles and word games. --The Front of the Class activity book series combines education and entertainment with colorful word searches, word games, crossword puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dots, and number games. These books are full of challenging puzzles that help children master essential critical thinking skills. Portable, age-appropriate, and entertaining, Front of the Class activity books provide a fun and convenient learning format that children can use at home or on the go.
Author: Roy Leban Publisher: ISBN: 9780996256810 Category : Languages : en Pages : 238
Book Description
The Conjurer's Almanaq is the ultimate guide to the conjuring arts. Or is it? Start reading and you'll be trapped inside! This unique puzzle book is an escape room in a book, only there is no room. You're trapped in the book itself by an evil spell cast by The Great Qdini. Find the hidden puzzles and learn Qdini's true name to make your way out
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