Sudoku programming with C. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Giulio Zambon.
• Authors: Zambon, Giulio
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; Chapter 1: Modeling a Sudoku Puzzle in C; Solving a Puzzle; Generating a Puzzle; Modeling the Puzzle; Summary; Chapter 2: The Strategies; Level 0 Strategies; The Strategy Naked Single; The Strategy Unique; The Strategy Cleanup; Usage of Level 0 Strategies; Level 1 Strategies; The Strategy Naked Pair; The Strategy Hidden Pair; The Strategy Box-Line; The Strategy Pointing Line; Level 2 Strategies; The Strategies Naked Triple and Naked Quad; The Strategy Hidden Triple; The Strategy Lines-2; The Strategy Y-wing; Level 3 Strategies. The Strategy X Y-ChainThe Strategy Rectangle; The Strategies Lines-3 and Lines-4; Level 4 Strategies; What about Coloring?; Strategy Selection; Summary; Chapter 3: The Solver Program; init(); cleanup(); solve(); Counting; Checking Consistency; Input/Output; Summary; Chapter 4: Implementing "Unique"; unique_unit(); unique(); unique_loop(); Summary; Chapter 5: Implementing "Naked" Strategies; naked_pair_unit(); naked_triple_unit(); naked_quad_unit(); Summary; Chapter 6: Implementing "Hidden" Strategies; hidden_pair_unit(); hidden_triple_unit(); Summary. Chapter 7: Implementing "Box-Line"box_line(); box_line_unit(); Summary; Chapter 8: Implementing "Pointing Line"; pointing_line(); pointing_line_box(); Summary; Chapter 9: Implementing "Lines" Strategies; lines_2(); lines_3(); lines_4(); lines(); An Example; Summary; Chapter 10: Implementing "Y-wing"; pairs_find(); y_wing_digit(); intersection(); footprint(); An Example; Summary; Chapter 11: Implementing "XY-chain"; xy_chain_digit(); xy_chain_step(); An Example; Summary; Chapter 12: Implementing "Rectangle"; rectangle(); rectangle_pattern(); rectangle_cell(); rectangle_step(). Case A: n == 0 and kBeq 0 and kBeq 0 and kBeq == 3; An Example; rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 0, chain: (1, 5); rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 1, chain (1, 5) (0, 6); rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 2, chain (1, 5) (0, 6) (7, 7); rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 3, chain (1, 5) (0, 6) (7, 7) (6, 5); rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 1, chain (1, 5) (0, 7); rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 2, chain (1, 5) (0, 7) (6, 6); rectangle_step(): for 6, kBeq 3, chain (1, 5) (0, 7) (6, 6) (7, 4); rectangle_step(): for 9; Pointing-line within rectangle; Summary. Chapter 13: Implementing "Backtrack"display_strats_in_clear(); Optimization; An Example; Summary; Chapter 14: Solving Thousands of Puzzles; The Example of Minimum Sudokus; Summary; Chapter 15: Generating Sudokus; Generating a Solved Sudoku; init() for the Generator; fill(); fill_digit(); Removing Clues to Make a Puzzle; brute_comp(); inconsistent_unit() for the Generator; Check for Uniqueness of the Solution; Completing the Generator; Utilities for the Generator; Summary; Chapter 16: Puzzle Statistics and More Puzzles; Statistic on Number of Clues; Statistic on Numbers.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Apress
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 005.133; Computer science; C (Computer program language); Sudoku; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- C; C (Computer program language); Sudoku; Sudoku; Programmierung; Computer Science; Programming Techniques; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Computers -- Programming -- General; Computers -- Programming Languages -- General; Computer programming / software development; Programming & scripting languages: general; Computers -- Programming -- Games; Games development & programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484209950; 1484209958; 1484209966; 9781484209967
• Related ISBNs: 9781484209967
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 1, 2015).
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