Top "Backtracking" questions

Backtracking is a general algorithm for finding solutions to some computational problem, that incrementally builds candidates to the solutions.

How to delete the last element from an array?

Now I'm working with the recursive backtracking,my assignment is to find the longest path in the maze,the mass …

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How to calculate time complexity of backtracking algorithm?

How to calculate time complexity for these backtracking algorithms and do they have same time complexity? If different how? Kindly …

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Difference between backtracking and recursion?

What is the difference between backtracking and recursion? How is this program working? void generate_all(int n) { if(n&…

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Difference between 'backtracking' and 'branch and bound'

In backtracking we use both bfs and dfs. Even in branch and bound we use both bfs and dfs in …

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Using recursion and backtracking to generate all possible combinations

I'm trying to implement a class that will generate all possible unordered n-tuples or combinations given a number of elements …

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Explain BFS and DFS in terms of backtracking

Wikipedia about Depth First Search: Depth-first search (DFS) is an algorithm for traversing or searching a tree, tree structure, or …

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Algorithm of N queens

Algorithm NQueens ( k, n) //Prints all Solution to the n-queens problem { for i := 1 to n do { if Place (k, i) …

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Eight Queens Algorithm

I've asked earlier a question about solving the eight queens problem using Java. I got a backtracking algorithm to solve …

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How to optimize Knight's tour algorithm?

I code the Knight's tour algorithm in c++ using Backtracking method. But it seems too slow or stuck in infinite …

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Sudoku solver in Java, using backtracking and recursion

I am programming a Sudoku solver in Java for a 9x9 grid. I have methods for: printing the grid initializing …

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