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

[Robert Stone]

Greetings,

As for a title for the February Talk let's go with "Solving WordBrain - A
Breadth First Search of a Problem With Great Depth"

Thanks!  Should be fun.

Looking forward to our January talk as well.

Best Regards,
Robert Stone

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 5:52 PM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston <houston at pm.org
> wrote:

> 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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