Download or read book String Algorithms for the Day Before Your Coding Interview written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strings are fundamental data type in real world and developing algorithms to deal with it is an important domain. In interviews, often, string algorithms are most insightful and challenging.In this guide for the day before your coding interview, we have explored some problems and demonstrated the thought process to solve it starting from the brute force solutions. In the process, we have covered all fundamental ideas along with applying Dynamic Programming to String algorithms so that you are able to solve all string-based problems. Some of the problems we have covered are: - Check substring: This is an important fundamental problem where we learn how strings can be handled just like numeric data and algorithms for numeric data can be leveraged.Some of the core concepts we explored are string hashing, rolling hash and much more.- Longest common substring: This is a core problem as this uses the concepts we gained in the previous problems and an alternative solution is to use Dynamic Programming.The core idea is to apply Dynamic Programming over two different string data.- Longest repeating substring: In line with our previous problem, we explored how to apply Dynamic Programming for this problem. The key distinction is that we are dealing with just 1 string instead of 2 strings as in the previous problem. Unlike the previous problem, the Dynamic Programming approach is the only optimal solution.With these problems and the thought process to solve them, you will be fully prepared.This book has been carefully prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from professors at The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology.Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview. This is a must read for everyone preparing for Coding Interviews at top companies.Books in this series ("Day before coding Interview"): - Problems for the day before your coding interview- Greedy Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview- Dynamic Programming for the day before your coding interview- String Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview

Download or read book Mathematical Algorithms for the Day Before Your Coding Interview written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical Algorithms are fundamentally important as several real-life problems can be modeled as a Mathematical problem. Solving such problems require mathematical insights.These problems are a fundamental part of Interviews as it illustrates the thinking process of the candidate clearly. By going through the problems in this book, you will be well prepared to tackle any Mathematical problem.Following are some of the problems we have explored which involve ideas to solve a wider range of problems.- Smallest number with multiplesThis is a unique problem where we learn key insights regarding Prime factorization, role of primes in multiples and much more.We improve the time complexity of this problem starting from O(N^3 * log N) to O(N * log N * log N) to O(N * log log N).- Largest palindromeIn this problem, we have reduced 810000 comparisons to 362 comparisons based on three deep insights. This is a dramatic improvement and demonstrates that even if time complexity cannot be improved, the performance can be improved significantly.- GCD of sub-partsThis problem brings up key insights involving GCD (a common and important topic) and in the process, we have explored several standard algorithms like Euclidean' s GCD Algorithm in the path of developing our custom algorithm for the given problem.- Next PermutationThis problem demonstrates a significant improvement from O(N^N x N x logN) time to O(N) time complexity. Moreover, it illustrates that improving time complexity does not necessarily mean increasing space complexity as it reduces space complexity from O(N^N) to O(1).This brings in idea of Greedy Algorithms to Mathematical Algorithm and in the process, we have explored several standard algorithms like Heap's Algorithm.With these problems and the thought process to solve them, you will be fully prepared.This book has been carefully prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from professors at The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology.Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview. This is a must read for everyone preparing for Coding Interviews at top companies.Books in this series ("Day before coding Interview"): - Problems for the day before your coding interview- Greedy Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview- Dynamic Programming for the day before your coding interview- String Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview- Mathematical Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview

Download or read book Coding Interviews written by Harry He and published by Apress. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about coding interview questions from software and Internet companies. It covers five key factors which determine performance of candidates: (1) the basics of programming languages, data structures and algorithms, (2) approaches to writing code with high quality, (3) tips to solve difficult problems, (4) methods to optimize code, (5) soft skills required in interviews. The basics of languages, algorithms and data structures are discussed as well as questions that explore how to write robust solutions after breaking down problems into manageable pieces. It also includes examples to focus on modeling and creative problem solving. Interview questions from the most popular companies in the IT industry are taken as examples to illustrate the five factors above. Besides solutions, it contains detailed analysis, how interviewers evaluate solutions, as well as why they like or dislike them. The author makes clever use of the fact that interviewees will have limited time to program meaningful solutions which in turn, limits the options an interviewer has. So the author covers those bases. Readers will improve their interview performance after reading this book. It will be beneficial for them even after they get offers, because its topics, such as approaches to analyzing difficult problems, writing robust code and optimizing, are all essential for high-performing coders.

Download or read book Cracking the Coding Interview written by Gayle Laakmann McDowell and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in the 5th edition, Cracking the Coding Interview gives you the interview preparation you need to get the top software developer jobs. This book provides: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions: From binary trees to binary search, this list of 150 questions includes the most common and most useful questions in data structures, algorithms, and knowledge based questions. 5 Algorithm Approaches: Stop being blind-sided by tough algorithm questions, and learn these five approaches to tackle the trickiest problems. Behind the Scenes of the interview processes at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Apple: Learn what really goes on during your interview day and how decisions get made. Ten Mistakes Candidates Make -- And How to Avoid Them: Don't lose your dream job by making these common mistakes. Learn what many candidates do wrong, and how to avoid these issues. Steps to Prepare for Behavioral and Technical Questions: Stop meandering through an endless set of questions, while missing some of the most important preparation techniques. Follow these steps to more thoroughly prepare in less time.

Download or read book Graph Algorithms for the Day Before Your Coding Interview written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-07 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graph Algorithms are fundamentally important and different than other Algorithmic domains as it gives an inherent structure to the data and we operate on it. This is one of the most important domains for Coding Interviews focused on problem solving.Following are some of the problems we have explored which involve ideas to solve a wider range of problems: - All paths between two verticesThis is a fundamental problem as modifications to it results in solving a wide range of problems. In the process of formulating a solution, we have explored core ideas like graph traversal techniques like Depth First Search and Graph representation like Adjacency List.- Mother VertexThis is an important problem as it highlights two key ideas of Graph problems that is connectivity and importance of specific vertices.We have solved this problem using two approaches where the efficient approach is a modification of Depth First Search and takes O(V^2) time complexity.- Paths with K edgesThis is an important problem as it demonstrates how we can utilize ideas from Dynamic Programming and Divide and Conquer to solve Graph Problems.We have demonstrated four approaches where the brute force approach takes O(2^V x V) time, improving it with a structure we get to O(V^K) time, further applying Dynamic Programming to it, we get to O(V^3 * K) time and finally, using Divide and Conquer to optimize calculation, we arrive at O(V^3 * logK) time.This is a perfect Graph Algorithm problem.We have covered more variants of the problems and ideas in our conclusion to give a bigger picture and better equip you to solve any problem.With these problems and the thought process to solve them, you will be fully prepared.This book has been carefully prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from professors at The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology.Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview. This is a must read for everyone preparing for Coding Interviews at top companies.Books in this series ("Day before coding Interview"): - Problems for the day before your coding interview- Greedy Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview- Dynamic Programming for the day before your coding interview- String Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview- Mathematical Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview- Graph Algorithms for the day before your Coding Interview

Download or read book Dynamic Programming for the Day Before Your Coding Interview written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamic Programming is a fundamental algorithmic technique which is behind solving some of the toughest computing problems.In this book, we have covered some Dynamic Programming problems which will give you the general idea of formulating a Dynamic Programming solution and some practice on applying it on a variety of problems.Some of the problems we have covered are: * Permutation coefficientThis is a basic problem but is significant in understanding the idea behind Dynamic Programming. We have used this problem to: * Present the two core ideas of Dynamic Programming to make the idea clear and help you understand what Dynamic Programming mean. * Show another approach which can same performance (in terms of time complexity) and understand how it is different from our Dynamic Programming approach* Longest Common SubstringThis is an important problem as we see how we can apply Dynamic Programming in string problems. In the process, we have demonstrated the core ideas of handling string data which helps in identifying the cases when Dynamic Programming is the most efficient approach.* XOR valueThis is another significant problem as we are applying Dynamic Programming on a Number Theory problem more specifically problem involving subset generation. The search space is exponential in size but with our efficient approach, we can search the entire data in polynomial time which is a significant improvement.This brings up a fundamental power of Dynamic Programming: Search exponential search space in polynomial time* K edgesIn line with our previous problems, in this problem, we have applied Dynamic Programming in a graph-based problem. This is a core problem as in this we learn that: * Dynamic Programming makes the solution super-efficient * Extending the Dynamic Programming solution using Divide and Conquer enables us to solve it more efficientlyThis problem shows a problem where Dynamic Programming is not the most efficient solution but is in the right path.We have covered other relevant solutions and ideas as well so that you have the complete idea of the problems and understand deeply the significance of Dynamic Programming in respect to the problems.This book has been carefully prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from professors at The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology.Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview. This is a must read for everyone preparing for Coding Interviews at top companies.

Download or read book Programming Interviews Exposed written by John Mongan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pressure is on during the interview process but with the right preparation, you can walk away with your dream job. This classic book uncovers what interviews are really like at America's top software and computer companies and provides you with the tools to succeed in any situation. The authors take you step-by-step through new problems and complex brainteasers they were asked during recent technical interviews. 50 interview scenarios are presented along with in-depth analysis of the possible solutions. The problem-solving process is clearly illustrated so you'll be able to easily apply what you've learned during crunch time. You'll also find expert tips on what questions to ask, how to approach a problem, and how to recover if you become stuck. All of this will help you ace the interview and get the job you want. What you will learn from this book Tips for effectively completing the job application Ways to prepare for the entire programming interview process How to find the kind of programming job that fits you best Strategies for choosing a solution and what your approach says about you How to improve your interviewing skills so that you can respond to any question or situation Techniques for solving knowledge-based problems, logic puzzles, and programming problems Who this book is for This book is for programmers and developers applying for jobs in the software industry or in IT departments of major corporations. Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Download or read book Greedy Algorithms for the Day Before Your Coding Interview written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greedy algorithms are fundamentally important as it encapsulate algorithmic problems where choosing the most obvious answer for the current sub-problem results in solving the entire problem.This seems to be easy and it is easy. The difficult part is to understand if a problem can be solved using a Greedy algorithm. There are numerous problems where a greedy algorithm may look to be the solution but is in fact, not the case.In this book, we have covered some greedy problems which you can cover in a day to get prepared just before your coding interview.We have covered problems like:* Finding largest number with given number of digits and sum (Important as it illustrates how an exponential search space can be traversed in linear time)* Number as a sum of Fibonacci terms (Requires deep insights from Number Theory to truly understand this problem which we explained)* Maximal clique (a perfect problem as it shows greedy algorithms can be effectively used in finding structures within graphs)* Task Selection (this problem is unique as slightly changing the problem statement, no greedy approach will be valid. In fact, this is a problem where Greedy Algorithm is preferred over a corresponding Dynamic Programming approach.)* Graph Coloring (This is a real-world problem and vast amount of research has been put into this. We presented a greedy solution to this along with the general idea of other approaches.)and many more ideas.We have added pseudocode for each approach which you should go through and implement in your programming language of choice to get in the flow of implementing ideas as well.This book has been carefully prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from Tokyo Institute of Technology.Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview. This is a must read for everyone preparing for Coding Interviews at top companies.

Download or read book Elements of Programming Interviews written by Adnan Aziz and published by EPI. This book was released on 2012 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The core of EPI is a collection of over 300 problems with detailed solutions, including 100 figures, 250 tested programs, and 150 variants. The problems are representative of questions asked at the leading software companies. The book begins with a summary of the nontechnical aspects of interviewing, such as common mistakes, strategies for a great interview, perspectives from the other side of the table, tips on negotiating the best offer, and a guide to the best ways to use EPI. The technical core of EPI is a sequence of chapters on basic and advanced data structures, searching, sorting, broad algorithmic principles, concurrency, and system design. Each chapter consists of a brief review, followed by a broad and thought-provoking series of problems. We include a summary of data structure, algorithm, and problem solving patterns.

Download or read book Binary Tree Problems written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book "Binary Tree Problems" is carefully crafted to present you the knowledge and practice (around the data structure, Binary Tree) needed to ace Coding Interviews and Competitive Coding Contests. The book takes you through the fundamentals of Binary Tree, presents how to implement it in a good and secure way, make you practice key problems, present variants like Threaded Binary Tree, Binary Space Partitioning Tree, Skewed Binary Tree, AVL Tree, Treap and much more. The content covered is deep and is not covered by any other standard book. Each chapter is followed by a brief note of insight which wraps up your though in the correct direction and is a feast for budding Independent Researchers. If you aspire you to a good Software Developer, you should definitely get this book. You will be prepared to apply Binary Tree is designing solutions to key real life problems like designing an Excel sheet or making Game Graphics render fast. Authors: Aditya Chatterjee; Srishti Guleria; Ue Kiao; Contributors (16): Benjamin QoChuk, Hrithik Shrivastava, Parth Maniyar, Priyanshi Sharma, Rohit Topi, Amruta U. Koshe, Ayush Sonare, Akshay Gopani, Rashmitha, Manasvi Singh, Sahil Silare, Vaibhav Gupta, Vishnu S Reddy, Kyatham Srikanth, Rupali Kavale, Yash Aggarwal; The topics covered in this book include: About this book Binary Tree Properties of Binary Tree Implementation of Binary Tree Implementation of Binary Tree with no NULL Intuitive View of a Binary Tree Traversing a Binary Tree (Preorder, Postorder, Inorder) Convert Inorder+Preorder to Binary Tree (+ other combinations) Find height or depth of a binary tree Find Level of each node from root node Diameter of a Binary Tree Finding Diameter of a Tree using DFS Check if a Binary Tree is Balanced by Height Find number of Universal Value subtrees in a Binary Tree Counting subtrees where nodes sum to a specific value Find if a given Binary Tree is a Sub-Tree of another Binary Tree Check if a Binary Tree has duplicate values Find nodes which are at a distance k from root in a Binary Tree Finding nodes at distance K from a given node Find ancestors of a given node in a binary tree Largest Independent Set in Binary Tree Copy a binary tree where each node has a random pointer Serialization and Deserialization of Binary Tree 0-1 Encoding of Binary Tree ZigZag Traversal of Binary Tree Check if 2 Binary Trees are isomorphic Convert Binary Tree to Circular Doubly Linked list Introduction to Skewed Binary Tree Check if Binary Tree is skewed or not Change Binary Tree to Skewed Binary Tree Threaded Binary Tree Operations in Threaded Binary Tree Convert Binary Tree to Threaded Binary Tree Binary Search Tree Converting a Sorted Array to Binary Tree Minimum number of swaps to convert a binary tree to binary search tree Find minimum or maximum element in Binary Search Tree Convert Binary Search Tree to Balanced Binary Search Tree Find k-th smallest element in Binary Search Tree Sum of k smallest elements in Binary Search Tree Different Self Balancing Binary Trees AVL Tree Splay Tree Binary Space Partitioning Tree Binary Heap Treap Some real problems Applications & Concluding Note Published: May 2021 © iq.OpenGenus.org

Download or read book Problems for the day before your coding interview written by Aditya Chatterjee and published by OpenGenus. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have an upcoming coding interview, this is a must for you to read this book 💪 and get prepared to tackle ALGORITHM and DATA STRUCTURE problems in a day. In this book, we have solved insightful algorithmic problems and discussed some of the best insights to drive you into the problem solving mindset. Being in a mindset required for an upcoming event is like winning half the battle. In this book, we begin with an easy problem and go on to explore some tough and insightful problems. The first problem we presented is to delete minimum number of digits in a number to make it a perfect square. This might seem to be a simple problem but the insights involved in solving this is widely applicable across various Algorithmic problems. This problem is solved in time complexity of O(N ^ (1/3) x logN x logN) (think how?) Moreover, in solving the above problem, we have learnt how to generate all combinations/ subsets of a set efficiently. In this line, we have covered other ideas related to combination and permutation generation in other problems in this book. Some of the ideas we covered in the other problems are: * Augmented data structures: How modifying a data structure can improve the complexity greatly. * How a single data structure can have multiple states? and algorithms to interchange them * Concepts related to string comparison and searching (MUST READ + VERY IMPORTANT) * Basic insightful ideas in Number theory and solved a couple of problems related to it * Understanding how number of operations can be reduced greatly without impacting time complexity. * Insightful understanding and analysis of Heap's algorithm for permutation generation (VERY IMPORTANT + RARE) * These problems have covered domains like Graph Theory, Dynamic Programming, Greedy Algorithms, Number Theory, Divide and Conquer and much more. In short, we have carefully chosen the problems to give you idea of: * Basic yet widely asked concepts like combination and permutation generation, forming Dynamic Programming solutions, applying greedy algorithms * Doing a detailed complexity analysis * Proceed in solving the problem in steps and understand deeply why the solution works This book has been prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview 💪 If you have a doubt regarding some algorithmic problem or want some addition/ modification to this book, feel free to get in touch with us or leave a review comment 😃

Download or read book 7 days with Dynamic Programming written by Aditya Chatterjee and published by OpenGenus. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become Dynamic Programming Master in 7 days Do share your review with us. It will help us help you better. 👌 Dynamic Programming is one of the most important algorithmic domains and is equally challenging. With practice and correct way of thinking, you can master it easily. If a problem takes O(2^N) time to search a solution among possible solutions, Dynamic Programming has the potential to reduce it to O(N) or polynomial time thereby reducing the search space. We will attempt one problem every day in this week and analyze the problem deeply. Our schedule: • Day 1: Introduction + Longest Increasing Subsequence • Day 2: 2D version of Day 1 problems • Day 3: Dynamic Programming on Strings • Day 4: Modified version of Day 3 problems • Day 5: Dynamic Programming for String patterns (Longest Palindromic Substring) • Day 6: Modified version of Day 4 problems • Day 7: 2 conditions on 1 data point On following this routine sincerely, you will get a strong hold on Dynamic Programming and will be able to attempt interview and real-life problems easily. #7daysOfAlgo: a 7-day investment to Algorithmic mastery.

Download or read book The Algorithm Design Manual written by Steven S Skiena and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly expanded and updated second edition of the best-selling classic continues to take the "mystery" out of designing algorithms, and analyzing their efficacy and efficiency. Expanding on the first edition, the book now serves as the primary textbook of choice for algorithm design courses while maintaining its status as the premier practical reference guide to algorithms for programmers, researchers, and students. The reader-friendly Algorithm Design Manual provides straightforward access to combinatorial algorithms technology, stressing design over analysis. The first part, Techniques, provides accessible instruction on methods for designing and analyzing computer algorithms. The second part, Resources, is intended for browsing and reference, and comprises the catalog of algorithmic resources, implementations and an extensive bibliography. NEW to the second edition: • Doubles the tutorial material and exercises over the first edition • Provides full online support for lecturers, and a completely updated and improved website component with lecture slides, audio and video • Contains a unique catalog identifying the 75 algorithmic problems that arise most often in practice, leading the reader down the right path to solve them • Includes several NEW "war stories" relating experiences from real-world applications • Provides up-to-date links leading to the very best algorithm implementations available in C, C++, and Java

Download or read book Problems for the Day Before Your Coding Interview written by Ue Kiao and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have an upcoming coding interview, this is a must for you to read this book 💪 and get prepared to tackle ALGORITHM and DATA STRUCTURE problems in a day. In this book, we have solved insightful algorithmic problems and discussed some of the best insights to drive you into the problem solving mindset.Being in a mindset required for an upcoming event is like winning half the battle.In this book, we begin with an easy problem and go on to explore some tough and insightful problems. The first problem we presented is to delete minimum number of digits in a number to make it a perfect square. This might seem to be a simple problem but the insights involved in solving this is widely applicable across various Algorithmic problems. This problem is solved in time complexity of O(N ^ (1/3) x logN x logN) (think how?)Moreover, in solving the above problem, we have learnt how to generate all combinations/ subsets of a set efficiently. In this line, we have covered other ideas related to combination and permutation generation in other problems in this book.Some of the ideas we covered in the other problems are:* Augmented data structures: How modifying a data structure can improve the complexity greatly.* How a single data structure can have multiple states? and algorithms to interchange them* Concepts related to string comparison and searching (MUST READ + VERY IMPORTANT)* Basic insightful ideas in Number theory and solved a couple of problems related to it* Understanding how number of operations can be reduced greatly without impacting time complexity.* Insightful understanding and analysis of Heap's algorithm for permutation generation (VERY IMPORTANT + RARE)* These problems have covered domains like Graph Theory, Dynamic Programming, Greedy Algorithms, Number Theory, Divide and Conquer and much more.In short, we have carefully chosen the problems to give you idea of:* Basic yet widely asked concepts like combination and permutation generation, forming Dynamic Programming solutions, applying greedy algorithms* Doing a detailed complexity analysis* Proceed in solving the problem in steps and understand deeply why the solution worksThis book has been prepared and reviewed by Top programmers and Algorithmic researchers and members of OpenGenus. We would like to thank Aditya Chatterjee and Ue Kiao for their expertise in this domain and reviews from Tokyo Institute of Technology.Read this book now and ace your upcoming coding interview 💪

Download or read book How Smart Machines Think written by Sean Gerrish and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you want to know about the breakthroughs in AI technology, machine learning, and deep learning—as seen in self-driving cars, Netflix recommendations, and more. The future is here: Self-driving cars are on the streets, an algorithm gives you movie and TV recommendations, IBM’s Watson triumphed on Jeopardy over puny human brains, computer programs can be trained to play Atari games. But how do all these things work? In this book, Sean Gerrish offers an engaging and accessible overview of the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning that have made today’s machines so smart. Gerrish outlines some of the key ideas that enable intelligent machines to perceive and interact with the world. He describes the software architecture that allows self-driving cars to stay on the road and to navigate crowded urban environments; the million-dollar Netflix competition for a better recommendation engine (which had an unexpected ending); and how programmers trained computers to perform certain behaviors by offering them treats, as if they were training a dog. He explains how artificial neural networks enable computers to perceive the world—and to play Atari video games better than humans. He explains Watson’s famous victory on Jeopardy, and he looks at how computers play games, describing AlphaGo and Deep Blue, which beat reigning world champions at the strategy games of Go and chess. Computers have not yet mastered everything, however; Gerrish outlines the difficulties in creating intelligent agents that can successfully play video games like StarCraft that have evaded solution—at least for now. Gerrish weaves the stories behind these breakthroughs into the narrative, introducing readers to many of the researchers involved, and keeping technical details to a minimum. Science and technology buffs will find this book an essential guide to a future in which machines can outsmart people.

Download or read book Searching Sorting for Coding Interviews written by Meenakshi, Kamal Rawat and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching & sorting algorithms form the back bone of coding acumen of developers. This book comprehensively covers In-depth tutorial & analysis of all major algorithms and techniques used to search and sort across data structures. All major variations of each algorithm (e.g. Ternary, Jump, Exponential, Interpolation are variations of Binary search). 110 real coding interview questions as solved examples and unsolved problems. Case studies of implementation of searching and sorting in language libraries. Introduction to how questions are asked and expected to answer on online competitive coding and hiring platforms like hackerrank.com, codechef.com, etc. Introduction to data structures.

Download or read book Coding Interview Questions written by Narasimha Karumanchi and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Coding Interview Questions" is a book that presents interview questions in simple and straightforward manner with a clear-cut explanation. This book will provide an introduction to the basics. It comes handy as an interview and exam guide for computer scientists. Programming puzzles for interviews Campus Preparation Degree/Masters Course Preparation Big job hunters: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Flip Kart, Adobe, IBM Labs, Citrix, Mentor Graphics, NetApp, Oracle, Webaroo, De-Shaw, Success Factors, Face book, McAfee and many more Reference Manual for working people Topics Covered: Programming BasicsIntroductionRecursion and BacktrackingLinked Lists Stacks Queues Trees Priority Queue and HeapsGraph AlgorithmsSortingSearching Selection Algorithms [Medians] Symbol TablesHashing String Algorithms Algorithms Design Techniques Greedy Algorithms Divide and Conquer Algorithms Dynamic Programming Complexity Classes Design Interview Questions Operating System Concepts Computer Networking Basics Database Concepts Brain Teasers NonTechnical Help Miscellaneous Concepts Note: If you already have "Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy" no need to buy this.