Games, puzzles, and computation /

The authors show that there are underlying mathematical reasons for why games and puzzles are challenging (and perhaps why they are so much fun). They also show that games and puzzles can serve as powerful models of computation-quite different from the usual models of automata and circuits-offering...

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Main Author:	Hearn, Robert A.
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Demaine, Erik D., 1981-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Wellesley, Mass. : A K Peters, Ltd., ©2009.
Subjects:	Problem solving > Mathematical models. Games > Mathematical models. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. Résolution de problème > Modèles mathématiques. Logique symbolique et mathématique. MATHEMATICS > Essays. MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus. MATHEMATICS > Reference. Games > Mathematical models Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Problem solving > Mathematical models Electronic books.
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