This makes developing an algorithm to solve a group of these problems a daunting task. Bulatov, a mathematician by training and study, has been analyzing these types of problems for the past two ...

The researchers took inspiration from the Japanese number puzzle Sudoku, whose constraints are conceptually similar to those of a ... A Sudoku-solving algorithm holds promise for protein medicine.

So far, the algorithm has been able to solve every Sudoku it’s tried. The same problem, it turns out, plagues science. And optics researchers may have found a solution.

If you’ve ever completed a sudoku puzzle, then you’ve completed a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). This type of problem is defined as a mathematical question where a number of constraints or ...