书籍 Algorithmic Puzzles的封面

Algorithmic Puzzles

Anany Levitin

出版时间

2011-10-14

ISBN

9780199740444

评分

★★★★★

标签

算法

书籍介绍

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.

用户评论
前面的tutorial深入浅出,后面的一些puzzle的确很难,不是一时半会儿想得出来的,但是利用上下班坐公车以及睡前的时间,累积起来,即使在一个问题上一直死磕,之后看到答案会明白得越透彻。题目看多了,就有了所谓的"思维"。
读过一个开头。
数迷可不是我的长项,当年流行的数独从来没内行过,话说我的想读清单里怎么会有这么一本书......
每天解几个puzzle或者死活题,转转脑子。
数迷可不是我的长项,当年流行的数独从来没内行过,话说我的想读清单里怎么会有这么一本书...... @2016-08-04 20:31:09
A collection of puzzles~质量不高,写的一般,有意思的问题也很少,完全不如ACM
挺精致的一本书,但是就只是puzzle而已。和那本算法设计与分析基础 一样,想法是好的,但是想法的威力没有完全展现。