A Puzzle Journey through Africa: From Ethiopia to Mozambique

By Vietanh Nguyen

Can dynamic programming be used to determine the optimal cargo for a van? Can Bayesian analysis be used to help locate a lion? These questions and more are served up in this book as puzzles to whet the reader's appetite for practical problem solving... It's a story of two youngsters named Abai and Ayana accompanying their parents on a trip through Africa during which a visual impression of contemporary African life and customs provides the backdrops for a selection of stimulating and challenging puzzles introducing concepts in math, physics, probability and statistics, and operations research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1537039571
• ISBN13: 9781537039572
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"