What is the main difference between top-down and bottom-up dynamic programming?

Practice Questions

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What is the main difference between top-down and bottom-up dynamic programming?
  1. Top-down uses recursion, bottom-up uses iteration
  2. Top-down is faster
  3. Bottom-up is easier to implement
  4. There is no difference

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is the main difference between top-down and bottom-up dynamic programming?
  • Step 1: Understand that dynamic programming is a method for solving problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems.
  • Step 2: Learn about top-down dynamic programming, which starts with the main problem and breaks it down into smaller problems using recursion.
  • Step 3: In top-down, when a smaller problem is solved, its result is saved (this is called memoization) to avoid solving it again.
  • Step 4: Now, look at bottom-up dynamic programming, which starts with the smallest subproblems and builds up to the main problem iteratively.
  • Step 5: In bottom-up, you solve all the smaller problems first and use their results to solve larger problems without recursion.
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