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Problem Solving And Programming
Computational Methods
Use of Divide and Conquer
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What is the Divide and Conquer technique used for?
It
reduces
the size of a problem iteratively
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How does the Divide and Conquer technique generally work?
It applies rules to a problem and
discards
data
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What are the steps involved in the Divide and Conquer technique?
Take a
problem
or data set
Apply some rules
Discard
non-matching data
Repeat
with leftover data
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What is a key example of the Divide and Conquer technique?
The
binary
search
algorithm
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How does the binary search algorithm utilize Divide and Conquer?
It discards
half
of the items each
iteration
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What is the effect of using Divide and Conquer on a larger data set?
It makes it easier to
locate
a specific item
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Can Divide and Conquer be used for problems other than binary search?
Yes
, but typically not as
efficiently
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What does Divide and Conquer also refer to in task management?
Splitting a task into
smaller
tasks
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How does Divide and Conquer relate to decomposition?
It shares similarities in
breaking
tasks down
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How can Divide and Conquer improve task management?
By identifying tasks that can be done
simultaneously
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