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Commonly Asked Data Structure Interview Questions on Dynamic Programming

Last Updated: 03 March 2025

Dynamic Programming (DP) is a method used to solve optimization problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems and solving each subproblem just once, storing the ...read more

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Dynamic Programming in Python

Last Updated: 14 February 2025

Dynamic Programming is a commonly used algorithmic technique used to optimize recursive solutions when same subproblems are called again.The core idea behind DP is to stor...read more

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DP Problems Topic Wise

Last Updated: 13 March 2025

DP Problems on MathsFibonacci NumbersTribonacci NumbersLucas NumberBinomial CoefficientPascal's Triangle GenerationNth Row of Pascal TriangleCatalan Number Matrix Chain Mu...read more

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DP Problems Dimension Wise (1D, 2D and 3D)

Last Updated: 05 May 2025

When we solve a Dynamic Programming (DP) problem, we store solution in an array. The dimensions of the array are dependent on number of variables that change in recursive ...read more

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DP Standard Problem Variations

Last Updated: 02 December 2024

When we solve Dynamic Programming problems, we try to find a pattern by matching pattern with a standard DP problem. This is generally recommended to solve new DP problems...read more

Climbing Stairs - Count ways to reach Nth stair (Order does not matter)

Last Updated: 05 October 2024

There arenstairs, and a person standing at the bottom wants to reach the top. The person can climb either1 stair or 2 stairs at a time. Count the number of ways, the perso...read more

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Minimum Amount to Paint the Walls

Last Updated: 21 August 2024

Given two 0-indexed integer arrays, cost[] and time[] of size n representing the costs and the time taken to paint n different walls respectively. There are two painters a...read more

Count Ways to Build House of Cards

Last Updated: 28 June 2024

Given N playing cards, the task is to return the number of distinct house of cards we can build using all N cards. A house of cards meets the following conditions:A house...read more

Jump Game III Problem

Last Updated: 14 June 2024

Given an array arr[] of non-negative integers size N, the task is to start from index X and check if we can reach any index with value 0. For any index i, we can jump to i...read more

Find Longest Palindromic Subsequence II

Last Updated: 09 November 2024

Given a string s, return the length of the longest good palindromic subsequence in s such that:It has an even length.No two consecutive characters are equal, except the tw...read more

Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) in Python

Last Updated: 31 May 2024

The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a classic algorithmic problem in the fields of computer science and operations research. It involves finding the shortest possible ...read more

Unbounded Knapsack in Python

Last Updated: 30 May 2024

Given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, and a knapsack with a maximum weight capacity, the task is to determine the maximum value that can be obtained by put...read more

Assign Campus Bikes to Workers II

Last Updated: 11 June 2024

On a 2D grid representing a campus, there are n workers and m bikes, with 1 = n = m = 10. Each worker and bike is assigned a 2D coordinate on this grid. The tasks is to as...read more

Find the Best Sightseeing Pair

Last Updated: 31 May 2024

Given an integer array arr[] where arr[i] represents the value of the ith sightseeing spot. Two sightseeing spots i and j have a distance j - i between them. The score of ...read more

Number of Ways to Handshakes That Don't Cross

Last Updated: 30 May 2024

Given an even number of people n, who are standing in a circle. Each person shakes hands with one other person, resulting in a total of n/2 handshakes. The task is to find...read more