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Backtracking is a recursive problem-solving technique used to explore all possible solutions to a problem by incrementally building candidates and abandoning them if they fail to satisfy constraints. It is widely applied in problems like the N-Queens puzzle, Sudoku, maze-solving, and combinatorial optimization.
How Backtracking Works
The algorithm starts with an initial solution and explores all possible extensions recursively. If a solution is invalid or leads to a dead end, it backtracks to the previous step and tries a different path. This process continues until all possibilities are explored or a valid solution is found.
General Pseudocode:
def backtracking(state):if state is a solution:return statefor choice in all possible choices:if choice is valid:make choiceresult = backtracking(state with choice)if result is not failure:return resultundo choicereturn failureCopied!✕CopyExample: Solving the N-Queens Problem
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