Earliest Deadline First algorithm, 132
edges between pairs of words, 172
edit distance
described, 150
finding between two strings, 154, 155
edits, converting a source string to a target string, 150
elimination puzzles
described, 122
Order the Ages as, 126
Sudoku as, 138
Ellis, Havelock, 111
entropy, 29–30
equilibrium state, 15
equi-probable configurations, strategy of writing down all, 181–182
equi-probable situations, creating a table of, 183
Escape Management mind game, 19–20
solution to, 81–83
evolutionary algorithms. See genetic algorithms
exhaustive search, avoiding, 123
exploratory heuristic techniques, principle of, 164
exploratory search techniques, 165