Backtracking Algorithms Using Stack Data Structure
Applications of Stack Data Structure (Part VII)
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6 min readMay 11, 2023
Stack is a linear data structure that follows either LIFO (Last In First Out) or FILO (First In Last Out) principle. This means that the last element that is inserted is the first element to be removed.
Table of Content
· Applications of Stack
· Backtracking
· Backtracking Algorithm
· Backtracking Using Stacks
· Examples of Backtracking Algorithms
∘ #1. Depth-First Search (DFS):
∘ #2. N-Queens Problem:
∘ #3. Maze Solving
∘ #4. Sudoku Solving
· Takeaway
· Stay In Touch
Applications of Stack
The applications of the stack data structure are as follows:
- Evaluating expressions
- Expression conversion
- Balanced parentheses
- Function call stacks
- Undo/redo operations
- Backtracking algorithms
- Parsing