Puzzles for Programmers and Pros

omission bias, irrationality commonly attributed to, 21

Optimal Jargon mind game, 29–30

solution to, 86–87

optimal strategies in Feedback Dividends, 50

optimal wordsnake, lower bound on the length of, 172

optimization mind games, 66–73

Order the Ages puzzle, 126–127

ordering algorithm, 127

“out of the box”, stepping, 135

Overloaded Scheduling and Freezing Crystals puzzle, 164–169

solution to, 170

overloaded scheduling problem, applying simulated annealing to, 167–168

overloading a system, effects on scheduling, 132