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

B. Estrade estrabd at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 09:59:31 PST 2015


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On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Julian Brown via Houston <houston at pm.org>
wrote:

> Yes, please sounds like fun.
>
> Julian
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Mike Flannigan via Houston <
> houston at pm.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Yeah, that would be super cool.
>> Programming strategy and algorithms are great topics.
>>
>> A web search turned up only a few hits.
>>
>>
>> Mike
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>> 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>
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ):
>>
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>> 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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