Open AccessPuzzle—Verbal Arithmetic and Mastermind
Author(s) -
John Simon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
informs transactions on education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1532-0545
DOI - 10.1287/ited.2016.0163
Subject(s) - arithmetic , computer science , integer programming , integer (computer science) , mathematics , programming language , algorithm
Verbal arithmetic (also known as cryptarithmetic) problems and a numerical version of the game Mastermind are both solvable as integer programs. This article describes these puzzles and develops an integer programming model and an Excel based implementation for each of them.
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