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Learning JavaScript Data  Structures and Algorithms

You're reading from   Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms Write complex and powerful JavaScript code using the latest ECMAScript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788623872
Length 426 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Loiane Avancini Loiane Avancini
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. JavaScript – A Quick Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. ECMAScript and TypeScript Overview 3. Arrays 4. Stacks 5. Queues and Deques 6. Linked Lists 7. Sets 8. Dictionaries and Hashes 9. Recursion 10. Trees 11. Binary Heap and Heap Sort 12. Graphs 13. Sorting and Searching Algorithms 14. Algorithm Designs and Techniques 15. Algorithm Complexity 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Backtracking algorithms

Backtracking is a strategy used to find and build a solution incrementally. We start with a possible move and we try to solve the problem with the selected move. If it does not work, we backtrack and then we select another move and so on until we have the problem solved. Due to this behavior, backtracking algorithms will try all possible moves (or a few moves if a solution is found sooner) to solve a problem.

There are some famous problems that can be solved with backtracking:

  • The Knight’s tour problem
  • N Queen problem
  • Rat in a maze
  • Sudoku Solver
In this book, we will learn the Rat in a Maze and Sudoku Solver problems as they are easier to understand. However, you can find the source code for other backtracking problems along with the source code bundle of this book.
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