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Luís Ramalho

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2020

2018

Why estimates go wrong?

Accurate estimates are notorious difficult to make. Parkinson’s law states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” (Parkinson...

Lean Thinking versus Project Management

In order to compare and contrast Lean Thinking with Project Management it is essential do define an assessment criteria. These are the decisive aspects and o...

2016

Project Euler — Problem 58

Spiral primes is a problem in which one must find the side length of the square spiral for which the ratio of primes along both diagonals first falls below 1...

2014

Project Euler — Problem 57

Square root convergents is a problem in which one must find how many fractions of the square root of 2 contain a numerator with more digits than denominator.

Project Euler — Problem 56

Powerful digit sum is a problem in which one must find the maximum digital sum considering natural numbers of the form, a^b, where a, b < 100.

Project Euler — Problem 55

Lychrel numbers is a problem in which one must find how many Lychrel numbers are there below ten-thousand. You can read here more about Lychrel numbers.

Project Euler — Problem 52

Permuted multiples is a problem in which one must find the smallest positive integer, x, such that 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 6x, contain the same digits.

LeetCode's Single Number

LeetCode’s Single Number is a problem where an array of integers is given and every element appears twice except for one. The goal is to find that single one.

Project Euler — Problem 50

Today is a good day! I’m among the 7% that solved 50 Euler problems. Woohoo! Ok, ok! Enough bragging, so the problem 50 is called consecutive prime sum in wh...

Project Euler — Problem 31

Coin sums is a problem where one must count how many different ways a £2 coin can be made using any number of coins. Firstly, I tried to tackle this problem ...

Codility's CountFactors

CountFactors is a problem where one must compute the factors of a given number. Note that before attempting this problem, you should read the material on pri...

Codility's MaxProfit

MaxProfit is a problem where one must compute the maximum possible earnings given a log of stock prices. Note that before attempting this problem, you should...

Codility's Genomic Range Query

Genomic Range Query is a problem from codility with the goal of finding the minimal nucleotide from a range of sequence DNA. Note that before attempting this...

2013

2012

Threats and Mitigation

As part of an assignment for CS4203 Computer Security, I wrote an essay on Threats and Mitigation, its abstract below.

2011

2010