use a wide range of computer algorithms to solve Sudokus, study their properties, and make new puzzles, including Sudokus with interesting symmetries and...

Algorithms to complete a sudoku See Sudoku solving algorithms. Gurari, Eitan (1999). "CIS 680: DATA STRUCTURES: Chapter 19: Backtracking Algorithms"...

general problem of solving Sudoku puzzles on n2×n2 grids of n×n blocks is known to be NP-complete. Many Sudoku solving algorithms, such as brute force-backtracking...

methods for sudoku codes. Some algorithms are very specific developments for Sudoku codes. Several methods are described in sudoku solving algorithms. Another...

trees for better performance, solving sudoku puzzles, hyperparameter optimization, and causal inference. In a genetic algorithm, a population of candidate...

Mathematics can be used to study Sudoku puzzles to answer questions such as "How many filled Sudoku grids are there?", "What is the minimal number of clues...

example, 4 and 7. KenKen Sudoku Mathematics of Sudoku Sudoku solving algorithms "The Math Behind Sudoku: Introduction to Sudoku". Cornell University. Retrieved...

occupied. If a diagonal is occupied, it can be occupied only once. Sudoku solving algorithms Knuth, Donald E. (2000). "Dancing links". Millennial Perspectives...

inference Eight queens puzzle Map coloring problem Maximum cut problem Sudoku, crosswords, futoshiki, Kakuro (Cross Sums), Numbrix/Hidato, Zebra Puzzle...

generalized Sudoku is in NP (quickly verifiable), but may or may not be in P (quickly solvable). (It is necessary to consider a generalized version of Sudoku, as...

In computer science, a search algorithm is an algorithm designed to solve a search problem. Search algorithms work to retrieve information stored within...

using Dancing Links.  Main articles: Sudoku, Mathematics of Sudoku, Sudoku solving algorithms The problem in Sudoku is to assign numbers (or digits, values...

these algorithms are sometimes called sequential coloring algorithms. The maximum (worst) number of colors that can be obtained by the greedy algorithm, by...

end-state. Each method of solving the Cube employs its own set of algorithms, together with descriptions of what effect the algorithm has, and when it can...

the top side is solved in 1 of 57 algorithms, and finally PLL (Permutation of the Last Layer) where you do 1 of 21 algorithms to solve the rest of the...

former is an example of simple problem solving (SPS) addressing one issue, whereas the latter is complex problem solving (CPS) with multiple interrelated obstacles...

as necessary). Solving the Gear Cube is based more on the observations the solver makes. There are only two algorithms needed to solve the cube, so finding...

disturbing the solved lower layers. These "algorithms" are similar to those used on a Rubik's Cube and thus familiar to those experienced in solving one, with...

approaches like Genetic algorithms may be. Restriction: By restricting the structure of the input (e.g., to planar graphs), faster algorithms are usually possible...

peg B if the number of disks is odd and peg C if it is even. The key to solving a problem recursively is to recognize that it can be broken down into a...

example Solving Sudoku Step-by-step guide by Michael Mepham; includes history of Ariadne's thread and demonstration of application Constructing Sudoku A flow...

nullify all negative values within the support. Sudoku Solver - A Sudoku solver based on Difference Map algorithm. Elser, V.; Rankenburg, I.; Thibault, P. (9...

three edges are solved first, and a set of algorithms, also called LL (last layer) algorithms, are used to solve the remainder of the puzzle. 2) Top First...

in some other way. The Sudoku Cube or Sudokube is a variation on a Rubik's Cube in which the aim is to solve one or more Sudoku puzzles on the sides or...

require more algorithms. These algorithms designed for solving a 2×2×2 cube are often significantly shorter and faster than the algorithms one would use...

Alphametics can be combined with other number puzzles such as Sudoku and Kakuro to create cryptic Sudoku and Kakuro. Anton Pavlis constructed an alphametic in...

If the solver is particularly advanced, they can skip separately solving the first F2L pair after the cross by solving an X-cross (solving the cross...

Solving the puzzle means to reach a designated "final configuration", a singular configuration, or one of a collection of configurations. To solve the...

Dennis (2015). "A critical analysis of the harmony search algorithm—How not to solve sudoku". Operations Research Perspectives. 2: 97–105. doi:10.1016/j...

Tugemann, Bastian; Civario, Gilles (2014), "There is no 16-clue Sudoku: solving the Sudoku minimum number of clues problem via hitting set enumeration",...