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Author(s) -
Plum Thomas W.S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380040308
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , computer science , worry , mathematical optimization , mathematics , psychology , epistemology , anxiety , philosophy , psychiatry
Certain principles of practical program development lead to a different approach to the 8‐queens problem: Do not re‐invent the wheel, solve the simple problem first, and worry about efficiency only when the program works and is needed often.