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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!

More Details

• Binding Type: Paperback
• Number of Pages: 240
• Publisher: Wrox
• Release Date: May 07, 2007
• Keywords: logic, programming, brain teasers, puzzles, algorithms, dennis shasha, heuristics, interview, noetic, puzzle

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