Puzzles for Programmers and Pros

Book description

  • Aimed 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 puzzles

  • Features 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 puzzles

  • Provides the tools to solve the puzzles by hand and computer

  • The first part of each chapter presents a puzzle; the second part shows readers how to solve several classes of puzzles algorithmically; the third part asks the reader to solve a mystery involving codes, puzzles, and geography

  • Comes with a unique bonus: if readers actually solve the mystery, they have a chance to win a prize, which will be promoted on wrox.com!

Product information

  • Title: Puzzles for Programmers and Pros
  • Author(s): Dennis E. Shasha
  • Release date: May 2007
  • Publisher(s): Wrox
  • ISBN: 9780470121689