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):
- Release date: May 2007
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9780470121689
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