feat(curriculum): add dynamic programming review for JS cert (#65991)

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"In this lab, you will implement a function that converts an adjacency list representation of a graph into an adjacency matrix representation."
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"Before you're quizzed on dynamic programming, you should review what you've learned about it."
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title: Dynamic Programming Review
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---
# --description--
## Introduction to Dynamic Programming
- **Definition**: Dynamic programming is an algorithmic technique that solves complex problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems and storing the results to avoid redundant calculations.
- **Overlapping Subproblems**: The same smaller problems appear multiple times when solving the larger problem. Instead of recalculating these subproblems repeatedly, we store their solutions.
- **Optimal Substructure**: The optimal solution to the problem contains optimal solutions to its subproblems. This means we can build up the best solution by combining the best solutions to smaller parts.
## Dynamic Programming Solutions
- **Memoization (Top-Down Approach)**: Memoization stores the results of expensive function calls and returns the cached result when the same inputs occur again.
```js
function climbStairsMemo(n, memo = {}) {
// If already calculated, return cached value
if (memo[n] !== undefined) {
return memo[n];
}
// Base cases: 1 way for 1 step, 2 ways for 2 steps
if (n <= 2) {
return n;
}
// Calculate once and store in memo for future use
memo[n] =
climbStairsMemo(n - 1, memo) +
climbStairsMemo(n - 2, memo);
return memo[n];
}
```
- **Tabulation (Bottom-Up Approach)**: Tabulation builds the solution from the ground up, filling a table with solutions to subproblems.
```js
function climbStairsTabulation(n) {
if (n <= 2) {
return n;
}
// Create an array to store solutions from 0 to n
const dp = new Array(n + 1).fill(0);
// Base cases
dp[1] = 1; // 1 way to reach step 1
dp[2] = 2; // 2 ways to reach step 2
// Build up the solution iteratively
for (let i = 3; i <= n; i++) {
// Ways to reach step i = ways to reach (i-1) + ways to reach (i-2)
dp[i] = dp[i - 1] + dp[i - 2];
}
return dp[n];
}
```
## Real-World Applications Using Dynamic Programming
- **Route Optimization**: GPS systems use dynamic programming algorithms to find shortest paths between locations.
- **Text Processing**: Spell checkers and autocomplete features often rely on dynamic programming to calculate edit distances between words.
- **Financial Modeling**: Investment strategies and portfolio optimization frequently employ dynamic programming techniques.
- **Resource Allocation**: The knapsack problem and its variants appear in scheduling, budgeting, and resource management.
## When to Use Dynamic Programming
You should consider using dynamic programming in the following scenarios:
- The problem can be broken down into overlapping subproblems.
- The problem exhibits optimal substructure.
- A naive recursive solution would involve repeated calculations.
- You need to optimize for time complexity at the cost of space complexity.
# --assignment--
Review Dynamic Programming topics and concepts.
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