Elliot Lichtman

The Computer Always Wins

A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and approachable resource for beginning-to-intermediate coders eager to learn advanced ideas in computer programming.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780262551694
• ISBN-10: 0262551691
• Artikelnr.: 71811755

Autorenporträt

Elliot Lichtman started teaching online classes in computer science when he was a freshman in high school. Small classes quickly grew into a series of larger and longer offerings, and from those, this book was born. Elliot is currently a sophomore at Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Why This Book?
How to Use This Book
Introduction: Why Algorithms?
Chapter Summaries
Games that Involve Searching and Sorting
1. Guess Wrong Answers
2. The Road Not Taken
3. One Step at a Time
Turn-Based Strategy Games
4. Whose Turn Is It Anyway?
5. Move Faster
6. Pruning the Tree
Using Random Simulation
7. Throwing Darts
8. Aiming Darts
9. Aiming Darts at Others
Tracking and Training
10. Rock, Paper…Paper
11. Black Boxes
12. Minimizing Regret
Afterward: More Than a Game
Appendix: Python Review
References
About the Author
Index