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

[G. Wade Johnson]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:35:03 -0600
Robert Stone via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> A friend of mine is playing WordBrain (
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ):
> 
> [image: Inline image 1]
> 
> 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?


Sounds like we have a topic for February. Send me a title for the
presentation and I'll put it on the list.

G. Wade

> Best Regards,
> Robert Stone


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