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Chapter 7: Backtracking

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Learning objectives

  • Explain the main ideas and vocabulary in Backtracking.
  • Work through the source examples for Backtracking without depending on raw chunk order.
  • Use Backtracking as selective reference when learner modules point back to The Algorithm Design Manual.

Prerequisites

  • Earlier prerequisite concepts leading into Chapter 7: Backtracking.

Module targets

  • module-01-algorithm-analysis-design

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Source provenance

  • Primary source: The Algorithm Design Manual
  • Source chapter 07: Chapter 7: Backtracking
  • Raw source file: 090-7-1-backtracking.md
  • Raw source file: 091-7-1-2-constructing-all-permutations.md
  • Raw source file: 092-7-2-search-pruning.md
  • Raw source file: 093-7-3-sudoku.md
  • Raw source file: 096-7-5-heuristic-search-methods.md
  • Raw source file: 098-7-5-2-local-search.md
  • Raw source file: 099-7-5-3-simulated-annealing.md
  • Raw source file: 100-7-5-4-applications-of-simulated-annealing.md
  • Raw source file: 101-7-6-war-story-only-it-is-not-a-radio.md
  • Raw source file: 102-7-7-war-story-annealing-arrays.md
  • Raw source file: 103-7-8-other-heuristic-search-methods.md
  • Raw source file: 104-7-9-parallel-algorithms.md
  • Raw source file: 105-7-10-war-story-going-nowhere-fast.md

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