[pm-h] Proposed Talk on "Solving WordBrain" - Gauging Interest

Mike Flannigan mikeflan at att.net
Mon Dec 28 03:43:24 PST 2015


Yeah, that would be super cool.
Programming strategy and algorithms are great topics.

A web search turned up only a few hits.


Mike



On 12/27/2015 1:35 PM, Robert Stone via Houston wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> A friend of mine is playing WordBrain ( 
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ):
>
>
>
> While I'm not a big fan of word games, I do like computer science and 
> I've been working on a Solver for this game.  It's a fun exercise in 
> Dijkstra that really gives you both a breadth first and depth first 
> appreciation of the problem space.
>
> Anyway, I'm thinking of putting together a talk regarding the solution 
> I'm working on, some background on solving these sorts of problems, 
> and then some time for discussion on how we could improve the 
> efficiency of my implementation.
>
> I don't think I'll have it ready in time for January's meeting but if 
> there is interest February is certainly doable.  Sound like fun?
>
> Best Regards,
> Robert Stone
>
>
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