Dynamic Programming

09/09/2025 15 min Temporada 1 Episodio 169
Dynamic Programming

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Dynamic Programming (DP) as an algorithmic technique for optimizing recursive solutions by storing results of subproblems to avoid redundant computations. Our sources:https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/introduction-to-dynamic-programming-data-structures-and-algorithm-tutorials/https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/01/31/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-dynamic-programming/They highlight two main characteristics for problems suitable for DP: optimal substructure, where optimal solutions to larger problems can be built from optimal solutions to subproblems, and overlapping subproblems, where the same subproblems are solved repeatedly. The sources describe two primary approaches to DP: top-down (memoization), which involves storing results of recursive calls, and bottom-up (tabulation), which iteratively builds solutions from base cases. Both articles use the Fibonacci sequence as a key example to illustrate how DP improves efficiency from exponential to linear time complexity compared to brute-force recursion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.