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Simulation

Authors: Darren Yao, Allen Li, Siyong Huang

Directly simulating the problem statement, which many Bronze problems allow you to do.

Resources
IUSACOThis module is based on Chapter 5 of Darren Yao's book

Since there's no formal algorithm involved, the intent of the problem is to assess competence with one's programming language of choice and knowledge of built-in data structures. At least in USACO Bronze, when a problem statement says to find the end result of some process, or to find when something occurs, it's usually sufficient to simulate the process naively.

Example 1

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Solution

Solution

Example 2

Focus Problem – read through this problem before continuing!

Solution

Solution

Problems

Easier

StatusSourceProblem NameDifficultyTagsSolutionURL
BronzeEasy
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Nested Loop

BronzeEasy
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Nested Loop

BronzeEasy
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Single Loop

External Sol
BronzeEasyExternal Sol

Harder

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