BookNumber: Nifty Assignment
BookNumber, which is also called BookCode, is a "Nifty" problem
presented at the 2006 symposium of SIGCSE (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education). It is a small, simple but surprizing assignment which can be implemented with many data structures. It can also be done with different algorithms.
An overall description or "blurb" of BookNumber for instructors is
here
A brief definition of the BookNumber for students (and instructors) is
here
Some slides show a visual representation of algorithms and data structures are
here
The statement of the various assignments for students is given
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A meta-Information file for instructor's comparisons is
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Comments would be appreciated at:
jmotil@csun.edu
More on BookNumber can be found at:
www.csun.edu/~jmotil/NiftyBookNumber
Enjoy.
John Motil
Professor Emeritus
Engineering and Computer Science
California State University, Northridge
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