Artificial Intelligence 7 min read
What is AI?
A machine with the ability to perform cognitive functions such as perceiving, learning, reasoning and solve problems are deemed to…
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Author: Boomi Nathan.
J. BoomiNathan is a writer at SenseCentral who specializes in making tech easy to understand. He covers mobile apps, software, troubleshooting, and step-by-step tutorials designed for real people—not just experts. His articles blend clear explanations with practical tips so readers can solve problems faster and make smarter digital choices. He enjoys breaking down complicated tools into simple, usable steps.
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Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the shortest path of them all?
In order to determine which of these six possible paths is the shortest one — and thus the ideal choice for our…
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Brute-force to begin with
The traveling salesman in our example problem has it pretty lucky — he only has to travel between four cities. For simplicity’s…
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The Trials And Tribulations Of The Traveling Salesman
Aswe dive deeper and deeper into the world of computer science, one thing starts to become very clear, very quickly:…
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Dynamic programming to the salesman’s rescue
Now that we’ve identified our overlapping and recurring subproblems, there’s only one thing left to do: eliminate the repetition, of…
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Turning TSP on its head
If we look at our top down methodology from last week, we’ll see that we have enumerated through all of the…
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Speeding Up The Traveling Salesman Using Dynamic Programming
Alarge part of what makes computer science hard is that it can be hard to know where to start when…
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A token of my affection (for my parser)
If ambiguity is the root of all parse tree evil, then clarity is clearly the preferred mode of operation. Sure,…
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Parsing expressions like it’s our job
Okay, so we now know how to diagram and parse an English language sentence. But how does that apply to…
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Grammatically Rooting Oneself With Parse Trees
Thinking about all of the abstractions that surround us in the world of technology can sometimes be overwhelming. This is…
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Evaluating the important parts
Once we’ve finished scanning our source text and identified our lexemes, we’ll need to do something with our lexeme “words”. This is…
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Reading Code Right, With Some Help From The Lexer
Software is all about logic. Programming has garnered a reputation of being a field that is heavy on the math…