Puzzles for Programmers and Pros

Earliest Deadline First algorithm, 132

edges between pairs of words, 172

edit distance

described, 150

finding between two strings, 154, 155

edits, converting a source string to a target string, 150

elimination puzzles

described, 122

Order the Ages as, 126

Sudoku as, 138

Ellis, Havelock, 111

entropy, 29–30

equilibrium state, 15

equi-probable configurations, strategy of writing down all, 181–182

equi-probable situations, creating a table of, 183

Escape Management mind game, 19–20

solution to, 81–83

evolutionary algorithms. See genetic algorithms

exhaustive search, avoiding, 123

exploratory heuristic techniques, principle of, 164

exploratory search techniques, 165