03212nam 2200601 a 450 991027101370332120170809152033.01-119-41927-11-281-00230-597866110023050-470-16936-2(CKB)1000000000399092(EBL)315164(OCoLC)630529367(SSID)ssj0000307416(PQKBManifestationID)11247323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307416(PQKBWorkID)10244327(PQKB)11775592(MiAaPQ)EBC315164(CaSebORM)9780470121689(EXLCZ)99100000000039909220070124d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPuzzles for programmers and pros[electronic resource] /Dennis E. Shasha1st editionIndianapolis, IN Wiley Pub.c20071 online resource (242 p.)"Programmer to programmer"--Cover."Wrox"--Cover.Includes index.0-470-12168-8 Puzzles for Programmers and Pros; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Contest Info; p2p.wrox.com; Part I: Mind Games; Sweet Tooth; Byzantine Bettors; A Touch of Luck; Information Gain; Reach for the Sky!; Pork Politics; Social Games; Escape Management; Flu Math; Whipping Ice; Optimal Jargon; Using Your Marbles; Flipping Colors; Scheduling Tradition; Fractal Biology; As Easy as Pie; Lucky Roulette; Legal Logic; The Box Chip Game; Feedback Dividends; Number Clues; Mind Games; Refuse and Reveal; A Biting Maze; Mad Mix; Dig That!; Preferential RomanceNo Change for the HolidaysQuiet in the Depths; Solutions; Part II: The Secret of the Puzzle; Order the Ages; Urban Planning; Finding a Schedule That Works; Picturing the Treasure; Sudoku; Number Encoding; Selective Greed; Sweet Packs; Revisiting a Traveling Salesman; Overloaded Scheduling and Freezing Crystals; Wordsnakes; Maximal Friends; Winning at the Slots; Understanding Dice; Bait and Switch; Part III: Faithful Foes; IndexAimed at both working programmers who are applying for a job where puzzles are an integral part of the interview, as well as techies who just love a good puzzle, this book offers a cache of exciting puzzlesFeatures a new series of puzzles, never before published, called elimination puzzles that have a pedagogical aim of helping the reader solve an entire class of Sudoku-like puzzlesProvides the tools to solve the puzzles by hand and computerThe first part of each chapter presents a puzzle; the second part shows readers how to solve several classes of puzzles algorithmicallyMathematical recreationsPuzzlesElectronic books.Mathematical recreations.Puzzles.005.107Shasha Dennis Elliott770636MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910271013703321Puzzles for programmers and pros2818605UNINA