23.8 - Computational Challenges
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Practice Questions
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Define factorial using inductive definitions.
💡 Hint: What is the base case for factorial?
What does the term 'memoization' mean?
💡 Hint: Think of it as a cheat sheet.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is dynamic programming?
💡 Hint: Think about the best way to tackle difficult problems.
True or False: Memoization helps in reducing the computation time by storing previous function results.
💡 Hint: Does caching sounds like a time-saving strategy to you?
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Challenge Problems
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Given a set of jobs each with a start time, finish time, and weight, outline an algorithm to maximize total weight for the interval scheduling problem.
💡 Hint: How would you store previously calculated weights to optimize your solution?
Create a recursive solution for calculating the nth Fibonacci number using inductive definitions and then improve it using dynamic programming.
💡 Hint: Consider how each Fibonacci number builds off the previous two.
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